Mike Kiernan
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Looks like that link is gone too. I found it here though.
https://www.askincstudios.com/zz_misc_files/stuff//SebskyTools.zip
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Yep, you’re right. It would be SD from the computer through firewire to the DV camcorder through video or S-Video to a regular old monitor. I was thinking more along the lines of previewing what the DVD would look like on an SD television.
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Wow. What a great thread. I just learned a whole bunch of stuff I wanted to know. I’ve been bringing in 1080p24 footage from my 5D mk II into an 8-bit uncompressed 4:2:2 timeline. I have lots of memory and some decent hard drives so it seems to work pretty well. I’ve even tried 10-bit but I’m pretty sure the camera is only 8-bit and even on the color grading and fades I couldn’t really see a difference.
Good point about the time code though. iPhoto went and brought in my video along with the photos and I figured that was pretty slick and I could just keep it organized there but maybe I need to look at that.
After editing and adding some music I compress it down to H.264 at 1280×720 with ProLogic II and AC3 audio tracks for the Apple TV. The quality from that camera is great. As good as anything else I’ve seen in that format. I haven’t tried Blu-Ray since I don’t have a burner but I’m guessing it would still hold up.
Now I’m at the point where I want to bring it down further to get it on a DVD so I’ll be following the tips in this thread and hopefully I can get the pulldown flag set right.
One question though. Is there any chance I can see Firewire NTSC external video with the proper pulldown while editing/playback on the 1080p24 timeline? I’m using an old Elura 40MC to output to the monitor and been having trouble to get it to display properly. When I use the 1080 timeline it only seems to play the first frame. If I make a 720×480 timeline and drop the clips on there it will play all the frames but zoomed in. Sorry I’m still pretty new to Final Cut and I’m sure I missed a step there converting the clips or something.
Thanks for starting the thread. Great info for getting high def footage from the new DSLRs to DVD.