[Taras Groves]

Hi guys so ive managed to export my entire project as a 30fps interlaced project now, and made a blu ray folder in adobe. However when i watch the footage any time anyone moves it all looks very interlacey/blurred lines. Is this because I am watching it in London, will it look ok on a tv in the usa?

I heard progressive 25fps progressive to 30fps interlaced would be ok?

[Taras Groves]

Hey so just to confirm if i do burn a blu ray ntsc at 29.97 that should work fine in us blu ray players right? Would you recommend encore?

[Taras Groves]

Thanks Chris for all the help again. I shall do my master to DNxHD (i found the correct bit rate setting etc and did a few tests and exported it progressive, 25fps to match my source and it all looked good).

Only issue was with the second part of the workflow you suggested. When I imported my new DNxHD footage into a new sequence set to 1080i 60i/30fps the footage looked very blocky and rubbish even when i rendered it. Another time the duration became shorter and everything was sped up :S Am i doing something wrong or is there a final trick ive missed out in order to then export my dnxhd footage to a ntsc blu ray 1080i 30fps file for blu ray authoring?

[Taras Groves]

Thanks Chris one more thing sorry is there any recommended settings i should opt for with the DNxHD codec when exporting my 1080p 25fps footage (as no experience with it before). How does it hold up to h.264 footage etc, is it better quality/bigger files or similarish?

And finally would you recommend i export each sequence individually or import a loads of sequences into one file (i found out how to now thanks) and export that as the DNxHD file? Would they both take roughly the same time do you reckon? (Bearing in mind i guess that when importing the sequences from another project into mine i have to wait to render all that still i guess…

[Taras Groves]

Silly question too i know but as ive never done a sequence in adobe that is 1080i 29.97fps, which should i choose? I don’t see an option for the new .mov file i generated. Can i select the the acvhd folder the 1080i 29.97fps option, then import my newly made .mov file or is that not ok?

Also I tried it and it looked fine and everything but wasnt sure if it may cause a problem later on. I looked at my h.264 footage i made as well earlier and it seemed even better quality than the .mov dnxhdv file too?

[Taras Groves]

hey i just downloaded that dnx codec actually, so will give that a try too but that suggestions sounds good also. Is there a good way to import a whole sequence or nest as you call it? I tried copy and pasting one whole project into another and my laptop nearly exploded and i had to give up on that option… Thanks also for the advice I really appreciate it.

[Taras Groves]

Thanks Chris i will try it however one issue i just checked in adobe premiere cs6 and I can’t see a DnxHd output or anything. I see a . mov when i select the quicktime option but then i can only select 1080i 25. Is that the way to go or am i missing something sorry?

[Taras Groves]

Thanks for the fast reply. So if i put in all the sequences after theyve exported into a project set to those settings, then exported it to a h.264 blu ray adobe automatically adds in those files? Have you seen any footage that has had this effect done before, if so did it still look ok? (And would that prolong the duration of the film? :S)

[Taras Groves]

well im from the UK so use pal, so really i use 50i I believe. But basically, i had troubles to untill I realised that for me it didnt specifically say that it was in 50 i mode. What you got to do is simply go into the menu, find the option that states whether you want to shoot in progressive mode or not. Then deselect it. That way you should then be shooting 50/60i interlaced which is what I think looks best. (I do have an ag-dvx100b), but I assume they would be roughly the same. 🙂

[Taras Groves]

something i saw and tried and looked alright surprisngly (but im no pro). Shoot in 60i at a shutter speed of at least 120. Then you got to time stretch it in adobe to your correct 25frame rate. Seems sweet(compared to what i use to do, ie just slow the time duration in premiere). But would like to hear other peoples opinions.