1080p 25 Intensity
by Matthew Walter
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May 17, 2008 at 3:07:58 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm planning to edit a project in FCP using 1080p25 Prores hq material. I'm looking fora monitoring solution, and I'm trying to find out if the Intensity Pro will support this? The Black Magic specs seem to indicate not (only up to 1080i), but I've seen a few mentions here and elswhere that it would work, so I'm hoping someone can confirm either way, or perhaps suggest an alternative? I've already tried a Matrox MXO, with lots of problems! Thanks, Matthew.
Re: 1080p 25 Intensity by Joseph Moore on May 18, 2008 at 4:39:44 pm
I'm monitoring a 1080p24 ProRes sequence right now. Now, based on the video set-up choices, and what I see on screen when I start and stop the playhead, I do think that it is adding pulldown (1080i) It remains frame accurate with my canvas and viewer, though, so depending on your needs this might be "good enough." If you need true 1080p output, I think you'll have to move up the a more expensive solution.
Re: 1080p 25 Intensity by Callum McLay on May 18, 2008 at 8:01:33 pm
Blackmagic Design's current range of capture products do not support native 1080p resolutions. They do however support capture and playback of 1080 resolutions in interlace and progressive segemented frame (psf)
Callum McLay
Technical Support Consultant
Blackmagic Design EMEA
Re: 1080p 25 Intensity by Matthew Walter on May 19, 2008 at 12:05:59 am
Thanks for the responses. So would I be right in saying that the intensity will happily output my 1080p fcp timeline as 1080i50 psf? That's what the MXO does, I think, though the output was too flickery to use, which is why I sent it back. Also, in outputting my 1080p material as 1080i50 psf, the intensity would be splitting each progressive frame into a pair of fields, so no quality is lost, or have I missed something? I just need a solution that can monitor the 1080p at reasonable quality.
Re: 1080p 25 Intensity by Joe Trepanier on May 29, 2008 at 1:53:16 am
Matthew,
What problem did you have with the MXO? What are you monitoring on? Are you located in Europe? I'm assuming yes because you're working with 25/50.
