Matching HVX-200 with SDX-900 Framesize
by dusty powers
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Aug 7, 2007 at 8:48:53 pm
Question. I shot with a SDX-900 at DVCpro 50 / 16x9 / 30P. I also shot a HVX-200 to P2 card at DVCPro 50 / Letterbox / 30P. The HVX-200 when downloaded to FCPro gave me a smaller over all frame size when laid over the SDX Footage. Should I have shot squeezed on the HVX? I think I experienced this problem once before with the DVX-100.
Re: Matching HVX-200 with SDX-900 Framesize by dusty powers on Aug 7, 2007 at 9:13:37 pm
Jeremy
Thanks for your quick response. I suggested that we use the squeezed mode because of my last experience, but letterbox ended up being the choice.
Can the footage be enlarged to match without it looking to crappy? or.... Can the SDX footage be downsized to match the HVX footage? The final product will be dubbed to SD NTSC.
Re: Matching HVX-200 with SDX-900 Framesize by JeremyG on Aug 7, 2007 at 9:36:03 pm
You have two choices, 'scale' the letterboxed footage to fit the anamorphic 16:9 timeline with the rest of the SDX footage or take the anamorphic footage and put it in a 4x3 timeline with the other letterboxed HVX footage and FCP will handle the letterbox distort for you.
For future reference, you will gain more resolution by shooting in squeeze mode than letterbox mode.
Re: Matching HVX-200 with SDX-900 Framesize by Noah Kadner on Aug 8, 2007 at 3:00:52 pm
Really depends on the final output. If you scale the SDX900 to 4:3 letterbox you'll lose no quality but you'll be compromised on 16:9 displays. If you scale the HVX to 16:9 you'll lose some image quality but you'll have a native 16:9 signal.
