Working with HDV and mini DV
by Phil Beastall
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Jun 24, 2008 at 9:19:35 am
I'm currently editing a video which was shot on HDV (1440x1080) and mini DV (720x576 Anamorphic)
I'm currently slicing it together in a DV Pal 720x576 sequence, which has the letterbox black bars, but when it comes to the final output, what sequence settings would I need to put it to, considering the different dimensions and compression? And the fact that I won't want the black bars on output but will mark it was 16:9 for the DVD authoring.
Is the way that I'm editing at the moment a good way to do it or is there a better way of slicing together without compromising quality?
Re: Working with HDV and mini DV by Tom Wolsky on Jun 24, 2008 at 12:04:20 pm
"I'm currently slicing it together in a DV Pal 720x576 sequence, which has the letterbox black bars"
This is wrong. It sounds like you are editing in a 4:3 sequence and not an anamorphic PAL sequence. Make a new sequence that's 16:9 and copy and paste the contents of the 4:3 sequence into the correct anamorphic sequence. You will then have to remove the distort attributes of all the clips.
All the best,
Tom
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Re: Working with HDV and mini DV by Phil Beastall on Jun 24, 2008 at 12:19:04 pm
OK I'll give that a go. Fortunately I haven't done much, and was waiting for the advice. What would you suggest when it comes to the final output. The HDV is a lot larger than the Mini DV footage. Would it be be best to keep it at 1024x576, and shrink the HDV footage? I'm not too familar with upgrading. Would I need to upgrade the mini DV footage up to the size of the HDV?
