SD and HD in the same project
by Jim Murphy
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Aug 15, 2009 at 10:17:49 pm
I am working on a documentary project. Most of the clips will be from an HD camera. However, we will need to use some clips that were shot with an SD camera. What is the best way for me to make the final project work and look ok? This is the first time I have ever tried to blend two formats, so specific information would be appreciated. TIA, Jim
I would edit the entire project in HD and place generated media or another nice background behind the 4:3 SD media so that the two black bars on each side are filled in with the background. You see this a lot on the news when they broadcast in HD but have some footage from the field that's in SD. IMHO, this is the best trade-off when blending both formats.
Re: SD and HD in the same project by Jim Murphy on Aug 16, 2009 at 9:41:19 pm
John, either my assumptions about producing a final product in 16:9 on a DVD are wrong, or I am doing something wrong in the render process. I used your idea of placing generated media around the SD clip (from the earlier thread you mentioned). Everything looks really good in the Vegas Pro 8 preview. The project settings are HDV 1080-60i. When I rendered I chose MPEG2. In DVDA the SD clips fill the whole screen, and there are black lines at the top and bottom of the HD clips. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Jim
Re: SD and HD in the same project by John Rofrano on Aug 17, 2009 at 11:01:17 am
Glad you got it figured out. SD 16:9 and HD 16:9 are not the exact same aspect so you will get slight black bars on the sides of the SD 16:9 unless you also use the "Stretch video to fill output frame size (do not letterbox)" option when rendering.
