Different footage resolution editing on FCP

Hi
If I am making a wedding video using footage from these 2 different sources
Sony V1E capturing in 1080i or 1080p giving me 1440x1080 resolution, vid rate 25 compressor Apple intermediate codec
Either Gopro HD Hero capturing in 4:3 tallest HD Video 960p (1280x960)  vid rate 29.97 compressor H.264
or Gopro HD Hero capturing in 16:9 full HD Video 1080p (1920x1080)  vid rate 29.97 compressor H.264
I will be making titles and some extra things in Motion to add to this video
What should I do, should I convert all footage to something else in MPEG streamclip first and if so WHAT? or should I just pick a sequence setting and drop all the footage on and render it to match? Will this be losing me quality. Basically I am filming a wedding on the V1E but I am using the gopro for some funky extra's at the brides request. She will be watching it as a DVD and she will want it for the web too.
Any help would be fab
Thankyou
Michelle

MissMich79 wrote:
She will be watching it as a DVD and she will want it for the web too.
Any help would be fab
Thankyou
Michelle
Your target output suggests there is no reason to shoot anything more than DV but you could go up to 720P if you insist. There is no reason at all to shoot 1080.
While you can use different frame rates and image sizes in the FCP timeline, most of us would suggest your carefully choose one format and either shoot it or transcode all of your footage to it.
Which codec? Impossible to tell. There are many wildly divergent reasons a skilled wedding photographer would choose any of the available shooting formats. frame rates, codecs, image sizes. You get to pick based on yoru experience and knowledge. Lacking either of those, you must choose the simplest path to the finished project, the one that will present you with the fewest unresolvable complications. Sounds like the bride is a friend of yours. Be a shame to go to her later and say, "Gee, um, I didn't get anything useable."
Be sure you know what you're going to do and know you're going to do it BEFORE the event. Practice.
bogiesan

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