 | Pal Conversion
on Dec 9, 2008 at 7:32:23 pm |
I have some Pal footage which I'd like to look as good as possible in my NTSC project. I tried various software conversion and none worked well. I took the stuff to a posthouse and they did a hardware conversion. However, the conversion is still jerky when the camera is panned.
Anything else I should consider?
 | Re: Pal Conversion on Dec 9, 2008 at 8:44:54 pm |
| Re: Pal Conversion on Dec 9, 2008 at 8:54:34 pm |
Thanks.
Should have mentioned I am on Premiere Pro CS2. I have heard about the Natress plug-in.... I have gone through a lot of converters on the Windows side.
I always thought that hardware conversion was in any case better than software conversion...but this is far from perfect.
 | Re: Pal Conversion on Dec 10, 2008 at 4:03:09 am |
I think you really need to get it converted at a facility who has something like and Alchemist Platinum
standards converter. These converters are quite expensive and will work much better for you than any software method you're trying.
| Re: Pal Conversion on Dec 10, 2008 at 4:25:16 am |
Thanks Greg. I did get it converted at one of the leading post houses here in Seattle. And it was a hardware conversion.
I was surprised that it was not much better than the freeware converters I tried. I understand that top of the line converters are Wilcox & Snell.
 | Re: Pal Conversion on Dec 10, 2008 at 2:34:28 pm |
Have you tried a Procoder conversion ?
 | Re: Pal Conversion on Dec 11, 2008 at 3:13:58 am |
Cheapest and best quality I've gotten converting through software was with TMPGEnc Xpress
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te4xp.html#tabs
Vince Becquiot
Director | Editor
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco - Bay Area
 | Re: Pal Conversion on Dec 11, 2008 at 5:56:49 pm |
For converting Pal to NTSC you may want to try the demo of
DVfilm Atlantis. It will convert Pal to NTSC and NTSC to Pal.
Hope this is helpful,
Dave
