PAL DV to ProRes HQ Render changing pixel aspect

Brought a PAL DV XML into resolve and rendered to Pro Res HQ. When I bring it back into FCP and Cut it back into the original Seq with the graphics and lower thirds, FCP puts a distort filter on all the cc'd footage. Both cuts in FCP say PAL CCIR 601 DV PAL 5:4 under the settings. If I look at the files in qt the original PAL DV file is 720 x 576 + 768 x 576 (actual) and the Pro Res file is 720 x 576 and 787 x 576 It appears that the pixel aspect is changing. What is the proper aspect ratio for my final output to PAL DVD?

Hey Sasha thanks for the response. Wow no fields in Resolve!? How do I go about "avoiding the source files?" Do I need to transcode all the clips to pro res from DV-PAL? Perhaps with compressor? Then do I loose all the color work I have done so far on this project?

If I render to DPX how do I get it all back into FCP? Perhaps render as Target and bake all the clips together then convert to pro res from DPX?

Thanks!!

Wow that is quite the work around. The doc I am working on has 287 Clips. Pushing all that through AE sounds painful. Did you find another way to translate the files to DPX? It seems the AJA solution only like RGB files. Once you had your DPX files did you bring that into Resolve with an EDL generated from FCP? I have not had the best luck bringing EDLs into Resolve.

normally you would like to avoid fields all together to get "filmic" look.

I have not used fields like last 5 years and do not miss them.

Depending on your NLE you could get exported progressive material pretty easy i bet?

FCP has not been really good making progressive out of fields imo.

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Here is our process and If i did understand you very well :)

- duplicate the sequence in FCP ( pixel dvpal, 720x576, inférior, Apple prores )
- export the sequence
- import In Da vinci and use scène cut détection to create your EDL
- In média pool change the aspect pixel ratio to PAL or PAL 16/9 up to your case
- grading time
- render in prores with " enable video field rendering "
- re import in FCP:
- settings of your new sequence:
* change the frame from supérior to inférior
* change codec to DV pal
* pixel PAL or PAL 16/9

and normaly here you are :)

Cheers!

Bernard
Paris
France

yes...sorry for my english! "supérior" is upper field :)

Bernard
Paris
France