Upressing DVCPRO 1280x1080 & 1280x720 into 1920x1080 for delivery
by lisa rolley
on
Jul 10, 2008 at 5:30:33 pm
I have a video game project just handed to me today and I need to deliver a 1920x1080 tiff sequence but the fcp project i was handed has these following sequence settings:
Frame size: 1280x1080
Aspect Ratio: HD 1280x1080 (16:9)
Pixel aspect ration: 1280x1080
Field: Upper
29.97
compressor: DVCPRO HD 1080i60
I have live action footage that was shot at:
DVCPRO HD 1080i60 29.97
upper fields
and also video game footage that is:
1280x720
30 fps
.avi files in the ('fps1' codec?) - i cant even play this back in quicktime so that is another concern - will FCP be able to see this - do i need to download a codec??
Can anyone please give me some solutions as to exactly how I should make this happen?
Re: Upressing DVCPRO 1280x1080 & 1280x720 into 1920x1080 for delivery by lisa rolley on Jul 10, 2008 at 9:03:50 pm
I dot not understand.
Also i now realize that when i looked at the exported quicktime movie from the timeline it is actually 1920x1080 - i forgot that it redas differenclt within fcp for that codec / resoltuion
Re: Upressing DVCPRO 1280x1080 & 1280x720 into 1920x1080 for delivery by Jeremy Garchow on Jul 10, 2008 at 9:19:55 pm
[lisa rolley]"I dot not understand. "
As a format, DVCPRo HD is an anamorphic format. In NTSC, 720p is 960x720 and 1080i is 1280x1080 and that's how it gets recorded on all DVCPro HD camcorders, tape or P2. If you look at your DVCPro HD sequences you will see that's the frame size.
When you export the timeline or any movie, Quicktime will account for this anamprhic aspect ratio and correct it. Fcp also dopes this in the viewer/canavas. It will stretch the image to 1920x1080 or 1280x720 and the image will be in the proper aspect ratio for viewing.
For your AVI file, you should run it through compressor to transcode it to 1080iDVCPro HD to match your sequence. FCP doesn't like AVIs too much.
