Which order: editing, deinterlacing, colour grading?

[Rich Rubasch]

Ok, if you want to work in DVCPro HD, you will need a deck (or if the camera has it) that outputs HD SDI, or get a convertor box that converts HDV to HD SDI, then bring that into a Kona LH/LE, blackmagic etc. The card will allow the conversion to DVCPro HD. and that would be cool, but…

As you stated, you won’t need an HD master, and the clip is for the web. Again, if the camera has SDI out, why not go into a SD card and encode 10 bit Standard def. This will retain the wide color bandwidth of the HDV material and will look great. It also gives you plenty of latitude in color grading.

I think I would color correct before deinterlacing, because I would probably want to color correct each shot, some of them will be keyed etc. But more comments welcome.

BTW, I am in a small midwest market and am building a 1-3 minute web video to launch the site and provide a quick intro etc and am wondering what your “generous budget” is in your area…We are looking at about $2000 a minute of animation, or about $4000+ for a 1-3 minute animation built from stills, type and some other stock shots. Curious what your total budget is (approx) for a web video.

Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media

[Jeremy Garchow]

I have a question for you.

Why deinterlace?

[Miodrag Ristic]

Hi Guys,

HDV is not a big problem any more for FCP, you can read more about it Jerry Hofman’s article in latest Cow’s Magazine (free download) page 17.
Beside that, FireStore have recently updated their line of DTE recorders (record to an external hard drive and forget capture),
now there is an HDV version.

https://www.focusinfo.com/company/article.asp?id=160138

When you add Matrox MXO to the mix – you’ve got a complete solution for HDV and more.

Cheers

Mick
Geelong

[Erickj]

Hey guys,

Thanks for all your responses!

Here’s a basic question: if the camera you’re using is capable of shooting 25p (they use PAL in Sydney, right?), why not just shoot 25p and be done with it?

I don’t think the Sony HVR-Z1P records 1080 50i, according to this site https://www.digitalfilmgroup.com/english/tipstricks_03.html it’s not true progressive.

If your goal is a 24fps film frame rate, let me ask you this: do you think anyone is really going to notice that one additional frame per second because you shot 25p?

The Ad will air on TV and the web, there is also a chance it will be shown at a few film festivals but we were told that they would use SD DVD (don’t ask me why).

I have a question for you.

Why deinterlace?

Footage that I’ve seen recorded on this camera looks gorgeous but it still have the motion of video, am I right is saying that?

I have read a little on the software DVFilm Maker, has anyone used this before and what are the results like?

THanks again,

Erick

[Alexander Serpico]

Deinterlacing is a terrible idea since it will reduce your image quality greatly, and should never be done to your final picture.

If it is the feel of a filmic frame rate you are looking for, nattress.com…. but given the nature of your camera, this all seems unnecessary.

Can’t you just shoot in the camera’s

[Erickj]

I like the treatment used in many BBC TV series like

[Jeremy Garchow]

I don’t know those shows and on the extras, are you sure that it’s not another camera that’s shooting that or perhaps you are watching the video playback feed or offline edit?

Magic happens in post, but if you want progressive, it would be in your best interest to shoot progressive. Nattress does a good job of de-interlacing, but i’d shoot progressive and save yourself the hassle and rendering while you still can.

Jeremy