[Ben Ged low]

hi Rafael,

No progressive. Straight 1080i through to MPEG2 for the DVD. Being editor, director and producer on this one I can’t get upset with my editor without serious psychological repercussions.

I think my problem was the jpg stills … somehow FCP and Compressor were reading them wrong when set to Field Dominance ‘Upper’. Setting ‘none’ fixed the situation. Thanks to Jeremy.

All the best,

Ben

[Ben Ged low]

Hi J.,

You wrote: “What format is your footage? Specifically, what frame size/frame rate of HDV and how’d you capture it?”

HDV in a Sony Z1U. Captured as HDV. 29.98 fps. 1080i. Nothing fancy. The stills were all jpgs at 72 dpi (found any other dpi slows down FCP) … sizes between 15 & 30 inches wide … which FCP seems to be able to handle.

I did try some ProRes exports .,.. the stills problem was even worse than with HDV.

Right now I’m a happy camper as Compressor grinds away on the other side of the room.

All the best,

Ben

[Ben Ged low]

Solution came from Jeremy Garchow…

I created a new HDV timeline. I set the Field Dominance to ‘None’. I brought the whole show onto the new timeline (with Field Dominance set at ‘None’).

I exported out to an HDV Quicktime master.

And I also exported the original timeline (clips and effects and all) out through Compressor to make an MPEG2 for DVD.

In both cases the problems with the stills seem to have disappeared.

Ben

[Ben Ged low]

Hi Steve,

I got a $45 DVI adaptor … DVI out to consumer HD. Plugged it into a Toshiba consumer HD. Works just fine. I have to sacrifice an LCD screen, but I can at least be sure what the final output is going to look like on a consumer HD TV.

B.

[Ben Ged low]

Thank you Steve,

I suspected as much. I’m off to check out the Decklink and AJA Kona cards.

Much appreciated.

Ben

[Ben Ged low]

Thank you Jim,

But there is no ‘control point’ to select. That’s my dilemma. All that can be seen is the red line … without the control points at the ends. Two days ago those control points were there. Now they are not. The red line is.

When I try to click the end of the red line … I just bop down to the layer beneath.

Mysterious…

I am going to try a re-instal. But if this is a preferences click somewhere I’d love to know about it so I don’t get caught again…

Ben