A True Multi Format Timeline

First of all thank you to all the forum members for their help over the years, now it's exam time!.
When I was brought the footage by club members for this short film, The result was every member had a different format camcorder.
1. Sony HC20E Mini Dv Standard Def
2. Kodak Zx1 HD60
3. Panasonic AVCHD
4. Canon AVCHD
5. Canon HV40 HD Mini DV Tape.
With the help of Compressor I managed to get them all to play in Final Cut.
Some of the shots are through glass, I will leave the project open for a few weeks, have you any suggestions on how I could Improve the film?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZh2jn7OzA
Mike

*Final Output*
*320x240 H.264 and/or 320x240 FLV ON2 VP6*
Not really a factor yet. You'll do all of that conversion on the export either from FCP or through Compressor or another encoder tool.
*> I need advice on how to work with mixed footage in the same sequence, with out having to render every time I make an edit. I am willing to upgrade to FCP 6 if it will make my workflow more efficient.*
the upgrade would be the best thing you could possibly do at this point. However, the ability of FCP to handle multiple formats is totally dependent on your computer's power. if the range of codecs is quite large, you must convert something to the lowest common denominator. For most of us, that's DV. Since you're going out to 25% size anyway, you COULD transcode to your final output format before you start editing.
*> The two types of footage are interviews from a mini-dv tape and computer screen recordings using Snap Z Pro (Resolution 800x600). What format and resolution should I save the original screen recordings in? It looks like crap if I compress them using the DV codec.*
you think your full screen stuff looks bad in DV? Wait till you reduce it down to your final. Go aehad and capture in 320x240 and save yourself that grief.
*> Should I save the screen recordings as 800x600 Uncompressed?*
Useless waste of time since your workflow has a known target size that is only about 20% of that pixel density, frame size, frame rate, and dynamic chroma/luma range.
You use the word "crap" often which, around here, always indicates the poster has little or no experience with their new software or a new assignment that takes them out of their comfort zones. You are not going to be happy with what happens to anything you create that is going out at your format.
bogiesan

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