Which format to shoot?

[Steve Rhoden]

No matter whats the final output, always shoot at the
highest Quality available/highest resolution.
And according to your question, Shoot 1080-Progressive.

Steve Rhoden
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[Rich Kutnick]

OK, just to clarify, then, Steve:

1) Since I understand that 1080p is not Blu-Ray compliant (and since my camcorder does not shoot this format), for all productions intended for Blu-Ray discs I should acquire at 1080i. This is what I have been doing all along.

2)…but if I want to upload a video to YouTube, for example, the feeling seems to be to use 720p. Is this the correct line of thought? If so, then, should I attempt to acquire at 720p or can I use 1080i and bump it down and deinterlace? Your thoughts and suggestions, please.

Rich Kutnick
VIDEO IMPRESSIONS

[Michael Acres]

shoot at 1080i if that is the best your camera can do. For youtube output 1080p or 720p files

For Bluray you have few choices but usually you would create 1080i mpeg2 or AVC files and sony vegas can create both. There are other threads here that go more into depth about it.

[John Rofrano]

[Rich Kutnick] “1) Since I understand that 1080p is not Blu-Ray compliant (and since my camcorder does not shoot this format), for all productions intended for Blu-Ray discs I should acquire at 1080i. This is what I have been doing all along.”

I would shoot 1080i. If you are use to panning at 60i and you change to 30p you only have 1/2 of the movement being sampled and you run the risk of your pans looking jerky unless they are very slow and deliberate. This is even more pronounced for 24p but still noticeable at 30p. Just something to be conscious of.

You are correct it depends on what you are shooting. If I was shooting fast moving objects like cars or motorcycles and my camera could shoot 1080p I would definitely shoot progressive. This is because interlaced video doesn’t do very well with fast moving objects. So there is no one-size-fits-all. That’s why cameras shoot at multiple frame rates, interlaced, and progressive, all in the same camera. You need to learn how and when to use your tools correctly.

[Rich Kutnick] “2)…but if I want to upload a video to YouTube, for example, the feeling seems to be to use 720p. Is this the correct line of thought? If so, then, should I attempt to acquire at 720p or can I use 1080i and bump it down and deinterlace? Your thoughts and suggestions, please.”

You can use 1080i and resize it to 720p. Going down is always fine, going up is not which is why I don’t see any need to ever shoot 720p unless you knew that your only delivery size was 720p. Since you want to deliver Blu-ray, you want to shoot 1080i.

~jr

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[Rich Kutnick]

Thanks for the clarification and great advice!

Rich Kutnick
VIDEO IMPRESSIONS