[Jordan Standley]

Hi! I have a question! I am editing a movie that has both HD and SD footage. Panasonic HVX and canon 5d footage and Sony vx 2100 (SD) footage. I was told if I am going to make a DVD (which I will) I should edit my sequence timeline in SD since DVD’s are SD and the HD footage won’t loose quality and not make my time line settings based HD and scale up or crop the SD stuff. Im wondering is this correct? Since I am making a dvd should I make my timeline base SD and just scale up the HD stuff? So question is for DVD should I make my time line SD base? and if so what are the best export settings for best quality outcome for my dvd?

[Jordan Standley]

Hi guys, I am having a similar issue. I am making a video which the majority of the footage is ntsc 720X480. I was upscaling the clips in fcp but decided to compress them instead. In compressor I choose to “crop” 4:3 1:33:1 but some clips when choosing this crop setting part of the image is chopped off. I have “cropped” some of the clips choosing 16:9 1:77:1. the dimension I compress (export) in is the 720 X 480 ntsc dimension. I was wondring if I will have any problems with having HD footage cropped 4:3 and 16:9?? Or should I just crop them all in 4:3 and re shoot some of the clips or jus leave part of the objects chopped off? I made a test quicktime clip and it doesnt look that bad but maybe on a dvd or projector it will be noticeable. I will show the video on a projector in 2 weeks. ANY help appreciated! Thanks! J