HDV from Mac to Windows

Hi!

I captured my Z1 footages on FC5 using the HDV1080/60i codec.

Now problem is: I need to add effects to my edit on After Effects on a PC system.

Would there be a particular codec that could decode the FC5 created captured clips on the PC?

Would there be the same HDV codec for the PC?

Am swapping files through a LAN network - copying files from the MAC to the Hard Disk of the PC (so files need to be of the highest quality but relatively small)

Thanks.

Use the Photo-JPEG codec at 75% quality setting. Far smaller than animation and still very good quality.

Hope this helps,

Uli

Just a thought - if you're doing colour correction and 24p conversion, do you really need to go to After Effects at all?

Ah - sorry, I didn't know that FCP didn't do 24p conversion - I'm a PC/Vegas user and Vegas does this extremely well.

http://www.nattress.com

It does good 24p conversion in FCP, plus lots of film effects.

Are you planning on delivering in HDV? If not, the PhotoJPEG route from Mac to PC could work pretty well for you. Otherwise, you'd have to recompress again back to the HDV codec, which would probably be a noticeable degradation.

You could go the Aspect HD route on the PC and just work on one platform reasonably well.

Another reason to avoid transfer in HDV: AE can't work in YUV-space, only RGB, so your file will always need to be converted (HDV is YUV). I'd also recommend staying in FCP and using Nattress' filters. IMHO, they are as good (or even better) than Magic Bullett, and you'll avoid any unnecessary conversion and lots of hazzle. Plus the color correction in FCP is quite capable.

Best regards,

Uli

Thanks for all the replies.

Regarding the Nattress plugin:

For some reason it doesn't work for my project.

I downloaded the demo version of the 'Standards Conversion' plugin/software.

Installed it.

Tested it both on timelines with 24fps and 23.98.

But for some reason, when you look at the footage the interlace is still there and if you minimize it (for preview purposes on the Canvas of FC) it seems cut - as if a razor blade cut the image horizontally and placed it back together.

Also with the color correction thing - I agree that FC color correction is pretty good. I think that in this case it's a matter of preference and comfortability. Am more comfortable doing my color correction in AFX and therefore prefer it over FC color correction.
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It seems like the only way to do solve this Mac to Windows Challenge is to (as suggested in this thread) to convert it to another format/codec which would then be readable for both platforms.

Am thinking of using TARGA files to preserve color information.

But I was really hoping to be able to tranfer my files in their original codec - less space whils retaining the original color information.

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Oh btw, would like to usep premiere pro but have already captured all of my footages and edited the whole thing in FC.


Thanks all.

Jerry,

In thic case Apple's "native HDV" editing means native on FCP systems only, is is not native universally.

There is a reason I took the time to answer in my earlier post, and if it were just a matter of changing the three letter extension I would have mentioned it.

DRW

Hey Uli,

Thanks, will definitely check them out.