workflow questions regarding dv/uncompressed

[Baba Goof]

so what i’m gathering is that staying with dv preset is the way to go
in general. exception would be to create a custom preset, one presumably
with no compression and at 720×480 rather than the fcp supplied preset
at 720×486.

sounds simple enough. one question, however. if a major reason for
staying in the dv preset is to avoid the recompression in the return
from uncompressed space, don’t i have to do that anyway, given that
most of the timeline in question is comprised of full frame supers
involving two to four layers? if i had a single track of video i’d
be able to avoid this recompression, as i understand it, but since
the image is a marriage of several, i’ll have to recompress anyway.
please confirm or correct me on this.

lastly, we’re not really sure what the final output will be. the
filmmaker i’m working with is an artist and, as such, he’s making the
pieces he wants to make. where they get shown varies from large
halls to small galleries to broadcast. certainly there will be a
need to output dv at some times, but there will also likely be
occassions where dvd is desirable and others where the highest
quality would be best. in this context i felt that going to an
uncompressed space early would be good as we could step down from
it as necessary. our archive would be in this larger format.

oh yeah, and how does one move an image precisely one pixel down?

thanks for all the considered input. it’s very interesting.

BabaG