Uli Plank
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Sure you can, but it will take time. Just set your timeline to DVCProHD, drop your HDV in there and render. That’s all, and there’s no more change in quality than via a hardware card.
But if you want to work in realtime, you’ll need to save all your stuff to QT once and ingest it again as DVCProHD. As long as you make hard cuts only, there’ll be no further quality hit, but if you add any FX or transitions, you’ll add one generation of DVCProHD compression, since FCP can’t use the original footage any more.
So, either your workflow will suffer or the quality
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The AVID should be able to import image sequences. Why not convert your film to image sequences in some format the PC can read and transfer them that way (with separate sound)? Needs space, but should save your …. neck.
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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It’s not a very good idea to shoot with one camera for cinema (24p) and the other one for TV (60p). The Frame Rate Converter can’t really help in this case, since it’s meant for removal of frames that were tagged obsolete from the start, like shooting 24p on the Varicam too. What will be your final product?
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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Have a look at Main Concept Coder and at BitVice, both have demo versions for download. Main Concept is fast!
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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Yes, if it’s set to normal it will take care of the whole process.
If you set it to progressive output, it’ll not re-interlace.Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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Any change of vertical size – like between 480 and 576 lines
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Hi Walter,
just out of curiosity: did you upscale for a final product in HD? If so, did you use Shake for that, or one of the plug-ins like ReSizer or InstantHD?
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood the role of the G Converter. It is software only and it’s for FCP and it’s slow
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I second that, you’ll get remarkable speed.
But please keep in mind that RAID 0 has no safety net. On the contrary, the risk of loosing data is multiplied with striped drives, so make sure to always keep a backup.Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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There is no single best method. It all depends if you want the look of video or of film transferred to video and if you shoot HD or SD. Well, for now I’ll presume it’s HD, since you are posting here.
If you want the video look, shoot 60 fps and have your conversion to 50 fps done with the best possible tools using vector analysis. This conversion doesn’t mean just dropping frames, since there is no simple division between 60 and 50. Dropping frames would generate jumpy movements. A good conversion will generate new inbetween frames based on motion estimation from existing ones.
If you want the film look, it’s easier. Shoot 25 fps (taking care of enough motion blur and very controlled movements) and use it right away in PAL areas. For NTSC areas, slow it down to 24 fps and add pulldown, just like Hollywood is doing all the time. No artificial frames need to be added (apart from the split-field ones in pulldown). Since most American cameras don’t offer 25 fps, you can also take the other route, shooting 24 fps and speeding them up for PAL regions. No frames added, the film is just running a tad shorter.
Regards,
Uli
Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.