How to resize HD to NTSC?
by Inacio Nehme
on
Jul 29, 2008 at 4:41:41 pm
How to resize HD to NTSC?
I'm hoping someone can help me with this...
The current comp size and details are: HD 1280 x 720 (Square pixels) 16:9 29.97 FPS, and I need to resize that to NTSC 720 x 480 4:3 29.97 0.9...
I have not received the clips yet, but it would be helpful if you guys gave me an alternative just in case the footage comes in w/ 24fps instead of 29.97
please guys this is going to be a headache to come in less than hour here...
Re: How to resize HD to NTSC? by Dave LaRonde on Jul 29, 2008 at 4:57:11 pm
[Inacio Nehme]"How to resize HD to NTSC? "
Create an NTSC comp in the appropriate resolution and frame rate. Add the HD footage & scale. It's your choice to letterbox, or to fit vertically then pan & scan. Render lower field first.
If footage comes in at 24p, work in an NTSC comp in the appropriate resolution, but change the frame rate to 23.976, because your footage will also be 23.976 and not 24. Scale as needed.
At render time, use the Add Pulldown command under Render Settings in the Render Queue to create a 29.97 file. Lower field first.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: How to resize HD to NTSC? by Howard Zryb on Aug 2, 2008 at 10:57:11 pm
I have a project set up for just this purpose... I do it a lot... I render the HD clip at whatever the full resolution of the particular project is (720p or 1080) and import the clip. I have a couple of comps set up that are scaled to the appropriate sizes (SD 720, SD anamorphic, etc)
The original footage goes in the first comp, and I can automatically render out in any flavor of output that I need.
