Paul Campbell
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Hi, Simon and Stuart. Thanks for getting back to me on this. Simon’s answer is precisely what I was looking for. Stu, sorry for not elaborating enough with my problem, but I do appreciate what you wrote. I’m quite certain I’ll be applying this effect before too long.
Cheers!
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Maybe that’s the difference here. My buddy’s system has a lot more software on it than mine. Perhaps he’s got this Flip4Mac, too.
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There’s a thread on the Ken Stone site that recommends converting to your output format as quickly as possible. I do HD-SD conversions all the time, although I must say that all I’m doing is simply dropping my 1080 clips onto my SD timeline, and then resizing them as needed. (I started a thread recently about just what the best way would be to get from HD to SD using XDCAM footage, and it came down to two basic choices: Compressor, or just drop the footage straight onto the timeline…so I went with the latter, simply because people smarter than me said it was ok:-)
As far as how to setup your software, you’ll need to provide more info about your workflow first. There’s a ton of people here who can help you out!
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I just pointed the workflow i’m doing when going SD.
I download from the SxS, cut in FC and upload again to the SxS.
Then I re-capture SD Proress. faster and better than FC or Compressor.Ok, I think I’m getting it, but let me make sure I understand everything you’re saying about your workflow (I’m good now with mine, thanks for that).
You’ve got HD stuff that was shot on SxS. You use the XDCAM transfer software to convert the footage for your HD timeline. You cut everything in your HD timeline, then upload back to your SxS while still in HD. You then roll the whole thing in RT from the camera through your Kona for the final conversion to SD. Doing it this way gives better quality than simply converting it in Compressor.
Is this right???
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Sorry Rafa, now I’m a bit confused. If my footage is already on the SxS card from the shoot, why do I need to go back to the SxS? (Is this how the Kona works? I would’ve thought the Kona program would just save the converted clips to a folder I designate. Is this wrong?)
Thanks for being patient with me!
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Hi, Rafa. Do you mean instead of removing the SxS card from the camera, just leave it in and play the footage back from the camera to capture it into the Kona? Didn’t know you could do that. Hmmm…
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Thanks guys, for the tips. Chris, if there was anyway to do a Kona downconvert, I’d definitely do that…but I’m dealing with XDCAM footage from an SxS card, so I have to use the Sony XDCAM transfer software to convert my clips to .mov’s. There’s no option in that software to do a downconversion, unfortunately.
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Chris, should I set Frame Controls to “On”, like when I convert interlaced to progressive? I’ve found this to really increase the file size.
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Thanks, guys. Alan, I’ve not used the Batch Export before. I’ve used Compressor a lot. Would you say one is better than the other?
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Hi, Josh. I did some poking around and dug up a thread on a similar problem someone was having with .mpg files. What was suggested was using MPEG Streamclip to convert the mpg files to mov files. I did that (and also deinterlaced the clips in Streamclip), and now everything seems a-ok.
The person gave an explanation what was happening and why this worked, which I’m going to need to read again. I was a bit anxious to see if his suggestion did the trick, but now I want to understand why. Thanks for the reply.
Paul