Re: Upconverting SD to HD with Kona 3

1) assume you are in a 525 23.98 sequence now? you have removed pulldown?
2) this can be done directly from the timeline to HDCam@23.98Psf
3) Not a good idea to print 29.97 an injest then bump up to 1080i. then attempt reverse telecine. this is the long painful way around
4(a) see 3 above
4(b) anamorphic is perfect no further scaling or zooming involved. set upconvert mode in the Kona control Panel to "anamorphic"
4(c) set primary format to the end result format you want. set the secondary to the format you have.
The primary format is set by your "Easy Setup" in FCP when FCP is the front application.
the secondary should be set in the Kona control panel to match the format you want to convert from.

if you are near a post house with an hdcam deck ask for a rate for prepping a short film for festival presentation. they should be able to take your timeline directly if it's 23.98 dv and print directly to HDCam via kona 3, 3G or LHi. They should also give you a rate break to help out

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN