Re: Att: Graeme, Walter, et al - HDV/DVCPRO Workflow, etc (I'm Going off Topic)

I am in this situation right now. Well, not this EXACT situation, as we aren't dealing with downloaded video and we won't be doing a film out. BUT, we did shoot DVCPRO HD with the Varicam and have many MANY sources on VHS, DV and BetaSP. We are capturing everything as DVCPRO HD and working there. OUr finished product will be D5, so we'll output via a Kona 3 to that format.

We don't have a Kona 3...We have a Kona LH. What are we going to do? Well, the DV was easy. The AJ-HD1200 deck upconverts DV to DVCPRO HD upon output, so we transferred all the VHS to DV and captured it all that way, using a center extraction. It ended up 720p60 when the rest of our stuff was 720-24, but we render and are fine. But, a lot of the footage we don't want center extractions. We need to reframe higher or lower in the frame. Sooooo....Terranex.

We are going to string together a selects reel of all our stock footage, captured at 8-bit uncompressed. Then output this to tape. Have the tape ran thru a Terranex three times. One pass, lower framing. One pass center framing. One pass high framing. The Terranix has noise reduction so that will help the footage considerably. Then we will capture all passes at DVCPRO HD resolution, choose the shot with the framing we want, cut it in...then color correct and output. Tedious, but...

You are working with HDV and a variety of other sources. I recommend capturing at DVCPRO HD resolution....unless you can afford the TERRABYTES of storage needed for uncompressed. Yes, quality is an issue, but not as much an issue as ease of workability. If your story is good people tend for forgive quality. Hoop dreams was shot DV, transferred to film. 28 DAYS LATER, BLAIR WITCH, ANNIVERSARY PARTY, CHUCK AND BUCK...BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE...and the list goes on.

DVCPRO HD is a fine codec to work in. Don't get mired in the quality issue too much.


Shane

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