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Johnny Shade
January 16, 2009 at 2:50 am in reply to: Final Cut Pro Export to HDCAM

Hi Michael,

Yeah, many conflicting issues. There was a string of days where I only had 2 hours sleep. lol

I ended up having the export to quicktime appleprores HQ before this post so it looks as if I’ve done the best I could have with what I had. I’m waiting to hear back from several editing houses to get an idea of price for the process to be complete.

Certainly appreciate your guidance as well as the others.

Cheers!
Johnny Shade
January 16, 2009 at 2:47 am in reply to: Final Cut Pro Export to HDCAM

Hi Baz,

Thanks for the bit. I’m checking with some local companies at the moment so I’ll see what I end up with. As a filmmaker I’d really like to be there when this happens. Not certain if it’s like other processes that take 2 – 4 hours.

Cheers!
Johnny Shade
January 14, 2009 at 8:16 am in reply to: Final Cut Pro Export to HDCAM

Thanks Shane,

So in the interim, what is the way to export the best quality? I’ve tried the FCP export to Apple ResProHQ, then took that and placed it into compressor using the MPEG2 “Best” DVD transfer and added the stereo option. It was the closest to the final copy in the FCP viewer. From there it’s straight burn to DVD.

The footage in the timeline is DVCPRO at 720 24p 960×760 (I think) but is displayed at 1280….(At least that’s what it says). Should I create another sequence-and change the parameters to something different? I guess I’m stumbled as to what format it needs to be in before burned to DVD. Can I export from FCP differently than I have then take that and create a DVD at a higher quality?

Thanks again.