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Jude Poyer
April 24, 2012 at 2:26 pm in reply to: Going from DV to DV without recompressing

I believe that if you edit DV natively (in a sequence matching the video files) and don’t apply any effects, a dv avi can be exported which is identical in quality – so no further compression takes place. I believe that if you apply effects like saturation etc, the files will be recompressed again before export. To a laypersons’s eyes the quality drop might not be noticeable.

In my experience editing SD miniDV footage with minor color correction, the exported DV avis would be noticeably better than an exported DVD Mpeg2 file of the same.

DV avi may suit you fine to master your SD project to, but some might recommend a much larger file/codec to avoid a-recompression-quality-drop.
Jude Poyer
April 24, 2012 at 1:37 pm in reply to: Best Settings to import Native 525 interlaced 29.97 AJA codec 10 bit uncompressed masters in CS5.

This may well be way above my pay grade (so forgive me if I’m being dumb). Have you tried creating a project (but not a sequence), importing your assets, then selecting a clip and (right click in Windows) choosing “new sequence from clip”. That should create a sequence matching the compression, frame size, field order etc of your footage.
Jude Poyer
April 23, 2012 at 8:47 pm in reply to: EPK type clips – Format/Codec Questions?

Thanks – I never knew about that! I plan to match resolution to sources, but what settings are advisable for:
Resolution (120 8-bit, 36 8-bit)?
Color levels (RGB or 709)?
Depth (24, 36, 48, 64 bit)?

Audio – is AAC a good choice?

Thanks Again.
Jude Poyer
April 23, 2012 at 7:51 pm in reply to: EPK type clips – Format/Codec Questions?

Thanks for replying. When I choose QT, the only options are varieties of NTSC or PAL DV.
Jude Poyer
March 1, 2008 at 11:54 am in reply to: Advice on Laptop config for CS3 please

Hi Jon,

Thanks very much. I will buy this laptop. It’s a shame that the company don’t allow me to select a higher res when building this system.

I was recommended the Dell 4300 Precision Mobile (which has higher res screen), but the model I’m building is considerably less expensive. It has a 15.4″ screen, which ought to make carrying it around a bit less troublesome than if it was 17″.

Thanks for the help. I will report back in a week or so with my experience of CS3 editing HDV.

Jude
Jude Poyer
February 29, 2008 at 11:06 am in reply to: Advice on Laptop config for CS3 please

Thanks Jon.

It’s great to know that yr similairly specced computer runs CS3 with HDV no probs.

I have no idead why I didn’t mention RAM. I’m going for 4Gb, which is pretty “beefy”.

Anyone care to comment on whether this system can handle P2 DVCproHD material?

I think I will be buying this laptop.

Jude