[Rajarshi Basu]

Thanks a lot man…solved the problem !!!

[Rajarshi Basu]

Hi,

I tried making a new sequence with fields set to nonee
That removed a lot of jagged edges. But I am totally not satisfied with the result.

Now if i take an output on tape, and go to an online suite ….either Smoke or Quantel I don’t know which one is better for upscaling video with minimum loss…will the edges get smoothened out there ?

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

Hi Dave,

The thing is, this documentary is meant for broadcast on BBC and Arte France. And they have a lot of broadcasting specs.Like they want the final film to be true 16:9…so the upscaling…

And yes, if its finally shown on digibeta, there will be letterboxing…thats the confusing part for me…

Firstly I am an editor, I can color correct maybe a short film, but to color correct a 120min video is too much.

Secondly, scaling the image in an online machine will be less lossy then doing it on FCP..isn’t it ?

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

Hi dave,

The footage has been shot in Sony Pd 170 and Z1P in DVCam mode. Its 25fps.

I will be broadcasting it from Digi Beta. So I will be doing my final color correction on Quantel or Smoke where I will scale up the footage to make the film 16:9 and then transferring it to Digi Beta.

Previously I have been editing on Avid and Premiere and faced no such problem. Its only in FCP it seems this issue exists.

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

Hi Don,

I actually meant the size of the capture preview window.

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

hi,

My entire edited sequence is 23.98. And my audio is at 24.

So if I use Cinema Tools, to confirm the video, wont my entire timeline go out sync ?

Thanks

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

Hi Keith,

Why should I convert to DVCPro HD or ProRes ? Till now, I havent faced any problems working with or Color correcting HDV footage…

Maybe I should just buy Walter Biscardi’s DVD on Apple color 🙂

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

Dave,

“instead of native HDV, which should be used ONLY as a capture codec”

You are saying, that I shouldn’t do CC on native HDV footage ? Why ? Previously I have done and faced no major problem.

Secondly, my edit is mainly cuts and a few dissolves. No effects. So maybe I can export using animation codec…(using QT conversion)…But what about exporting a reference QT HDV 720p file ???

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

No…I’m downloading the trial version and checking …

but logically 720 is 720*1280
and 1080 is 1080*1920

so changing from 720p to 1080p is going to induce pixellation, how is Compressor going to change that ??

Raj

[Rajarshi Basu]

cool…that was 720p btw !!!