James Burke
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You’re right – I just tried it as well – no SD. I could have sworn someone from Avid said that was a possible workflow. Do you have After Effects? If so, try exporting out as QuickTime reference, then bring into After Effects, separate fields, resize to SD and then export as SD.
I’ve never tried this, but separating the fields before resizing, should be better than resizing on export.
James Burke
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Can’t you Transcode within the Avid from the Consolidate window?
James Burke
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The problem you’ll run into using quicktime or non-OMF/AFF exports from Avid is that none of the source information will be preserved – no reference to tape source or TC.
James Burke
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Actually it’s reacting the way it should – TV pixels are not square.
Mathematically 720×480 isn’t 4:3 (720×540 is) – the pixels for SD video are 0.9 as wide as they are tall. Constraining proportions SHOULD give you 320×213, because web-based media is square pixel based.James Burke
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Can you do a match-frame and then subclip from the source monitor?
James Burke
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I think your best bet would be to ask those who you will be delivering to, what format they would prefer.
James Burke
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Where does the video looked stretched? Is it possible you’re looking at it in a viewer that doesn’t take into effect that DV is flat pixels?
James Burke
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mBlaze Multimedia Design, Inc.
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If all your source is 320×240, I would import without rescaling, then when the project is done, crop the video in your encoding software. If you scale up to full raster in Avid, it will get soft – if you crop, it will stay (relatively) sharp in the Avid.
James Burke
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mBlaze Multimedia Design, Inc.
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I was under the impression that 720×480 was a cropped version of 720×486.
Have you tried the generic DV codec in After Effects? It will come in as a fast import just as the Avid codec will.
James Burke
Creative Director
mBlaze Multimedia Design, Inc.
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When I’ve needed to do that in the past – I’ve exported a still image, used the video filter deinterlace to remove first field in PhotoShop and then imported that back in.
James Burke
Creative Director
mBlaze Multimedia Design, Inc.
http://www.mBlaze.com