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I’ll likely go with Nattress since it fits the budget. But here’s the big question… Nobody puts it this directly, but dare I say that the NTSC standard IS in fact the standard for international DVD distribution?

Is it worth the effort to continue producing two versions?
Should I sell my PAL equipment and just go NTSC all the way?

Thanks.

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I’ll definitely need to convert some of my PAL footage to NTSC. Should I rely on DVD Studio Pro to do that for me or should it be a 2-stage process, by which I convert the media via some other conversion specific software and then compress to DVD? If so, can you recommend affordable software?

Thanks.

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That’s a very clever idea. Thanks.

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Thanks. I guess it’s cheaper than buying a new camera.

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Actually, I wanted to shrink my image by about 1% and include as much of the overscan as possible. I know it varies and I run the risk of showing black around the edges if I shrink it too much. But just wanted to see if this was a workable solution because I shot something a bit too tight in HDV, you know what I mean and I need it to breathe just a little bit.

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Thanks again, Rafael. I really appreciate your input.
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Thanks again, Rafael. I really appreciate your input.
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Thanks Rafael. I never would have understood that I needed to change the Field Dominance to NONE in FCP rather than re-render the movie files. Thank you very much for that. Once I’ve got it edited, is there any advantage to creating a Pro Res HDV self-contained movie before creating the Mpeg-2 in compressor for the DVD?

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