Mixing HDV and T1i Footage

I have a project and some is shot on a Sony FX1000 which is captured at 1080 60i and some is shot on a Canon T1i which is 720 30p. I wanted to mix these into a sequence and was wondering what the best way to do so was? Should I use something like MpegStreamclip to convert the HDV to 720 30p? Or maybe something like JES Deinterlacer? What are my best options? Thanks!

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Is it possible to mix anamorphic and letterboxed DV footage in Final Cut?
I have a project that was shot on both formats.
How should I proceed?
Thanks.

And, if I need to, can I convert the final video to true 16x9 anamorphic, so it'll play full screen on a 16x9 monitor or theater screen?
Yes, but it will look like crud. This question gets asked a bunch so there are lots of responses out there explaining why this will be the case.
Oh, and if I need to convert the whole video to 4x3 full screen for intranet distribution, is it possible too? Thanks.
Yes, cropping and/or reducing the size for internet or intranet distribution can be accomplished using Compressor or QTPro.
Good luck.
x

Mixing 720p and 1080i footage in a sequence

What's the best choice to edit a movie comprised of clips shot in 720p30 and clips shot in 1080i60? "Upscale and interlace" the 720p footage or "downscale and deinterlace" the 1080i footage?
Using easy setup, one has the choice to create either a 720p or a 1080i project, and when adding a clip to a sequence in this project, the clip is automatically converted to the project's format. Therefore, this is something that needs to be decided ahead of time. Or is it possible to change the project's settings after attempting to export the sequence if the result is disappoining?

All right, but assuming that I have the choice of output format (and I do), what is most likely yo result in the best overall result? Interpolating (720p output) or extrapolating (1080i)? Intuitively, I would think that interpolating is most likely to result in less artifacts than extrapolating. So on this measure, a 720p output of a mixture of 720p and 1080i footage would be more recommendable than a 1080i output.
The good news is that you are saying I can change this in my sequence at any time.

Mixing HDV and DVCPRO HD footage in a timeline?

Can this be done in FCP 6?
Thanks.

But you would have to render one or the other depending what you sequence settings are.
Not with FCP 6 David. You can mix formats on the same timeline without rendering. That is the point of the mixed format timeline. BUT...he is right, eventually, before you output, you will have to render something. If your sequence settings are DVCPRO HD, then the HDV will have a light or dark green render bar above it. WOrkable for editing, but in the end you will have to render before you output.
Now mixing FRAME RATES...that is another story.
Shane

Laptop for editing HDV and dlsr footage... Cs5.5

H. I'm thinking of purchasing this laptop. What do you think?
Alienware M14V560122AU
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8gb ram
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It doesn't have esata port. Only usb3. Do you think it will be fast to enough to export sequence to mpeg DVD? From HDV footage?

Here is a new next generation laptop but not yet priced HP DV7-7000 unit with a Ivy Bridge processor and Kepler graphics that has two internal drives that could be of interest to Premiere Pro users. It was on the HP web site yesterday but today it is missing, here is a blog link. Apparently they will not be shipping until June

Mixing 60 and 24p footage in sequence

I have just bought a panasonic GH2 camera and see that it doesn't shoot 720 24p which I usually shoot in. 720 only shoots 60 fps, would have to jump up to 1080pa to get 24 fps.on both cameras.
Is it possible to mix frame rates within a sequence....I think not? as I would like to keep shooting 720p 24 with the Panasonic HVX200.
In the event that i do have to use 1080p on both cameras, what is with the P and the Pa setting, was warned by Shane Ross that times would be bad if Iimported the wrong settings...I. think I have to upress when importing tp FCP.
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Catherine

Then shoot 24fps 1080p on your DSLR. You can easily drop that onto a 720p 24 fps timeline as the framerates will match, and FCP will automatically resize the 1080 frame to the 720 format. By editing a larger frames size source on to a smaller framesize timeline, you will also gain the ability to reframe and recrop your source footage on the timeline without degrading the image.
Try it.
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Mixing "letterboxed" and "squeezed" footage in the same sequence

This is a good one. All footage shot on a DVX100, which has 2 ways of getting widescreen: squeeze and letterbox.
We shot 2 tapes worth of footage three weeks ago using squeeze for widescreen. I have since made a rough cut of all that footage.
Today, we shot the remaining scenes, but they were shot letterbox for widescreen (due to a communication errore between myself and the DP).
We discovered this halfway through shooting today, and decided to keep shooting letterbox because it will be easier to convert the squeezed footage to letterbox than vice versa.
Oh, and the squeezed footage is all outdoors, the letterboxed all indoors, so matching isn't an issue.
My question(s) is (are):
How would you deal with this (reshoots are out of the question)?
Is there a simple way to convert the footage I've already edited without losing the edits?
Is there a magical fix that will fix it without any effort on my part? (just kidding about that last one)
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Jason
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Thanks for the tips!
What is your final output hoping to be? Do you need
anamorphic enhancement? (ie. you're outputting to
DVD, or for display on a 16:9 monitor, or for film)
It will be on DVD ultimately, but projected digitally for the premiere and possibly sent to festivals. It just needs to be widescreen, enhanced or not.
I take it your existing sequence is 16:9?
Yes.
If so...
1. Open a new 4:3 sequence in the timeline.
2. Drag your existing 16:9 sequence into the 4:3
sequence but don't let go of the mouse
3. Press and hold the Command key, then release the
mouse.
4. The contents of your 16:9 sequence should
now be inserted (as letterboxed clips) into the 4:3
sequence
I'll try this when I get home.
Or, when you meant 'convert the footage,' where you
talking about the source files?
If it's as easy as those steps, great! However, the two formats need to output to DVD together. I assume this will simply add more render time to that end?
I don't care about the source files if I can ultimately output it harmoniously.
Thanks again!
Jason
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Mixing HDV and DVCPRO HD

I'm working on a project where the interviews were shot in HDV 1080i60, and most of the B-roll was shot in DVCPROHD 720p24 (but some in HDV 1080i60).
Ordinarily I'd choose to edit at the lesser resolution, but I'm thinking that since most of the material is 1080i60, that's the ideal sequence resolution and frame rate, even though this would involve uprezzing the 720p material slightly. I'm also thinking that the progressive material will look better in an interlaced sequence than vice-versa, and since the 720p material is DVCPRO HD, it ought to weather the uprez decently. Stop me if you disagree.
The next question is codec. My first thought was: edit in HDV, then swap out for a better codec (ProRes or DVCPRO HD) before final output. That seems better than the prospect of cross-coding everything to ProRes or something. Again, stop me if you disagree.
Thanks, everyone, for your input and helping me think through this...

Thanks X. Why not HQ? Too much disk space for no quality benefit?
Where do editors get to fire the director who didn't think through the post issues?
Seriously, I'm not complaining. This actually is not as bad as the one-hour show which was shot with five cameras: two XDCAM, one HDV, one three-chip DV and one one-chip DV...

Mixing HDV and AVCHD

I have a camera that captures in HDV but i am looking into purchasing a camera that captures in AVCHD.
Final Cut Express converts them to apple intermediate format but in order to edit in one sequence would this require additional transcoding??
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As long as you shoot them in the same frame size, same frame rate, and edit them both in a 1440x1080i60 sequence then you won't have to render either of them. Editing them together should work fine as they've essentially been converted to Apple Intermediate Codec files which are indistinguishable.

Mixing 5DM3 and P2 Footage?

I'm going to work on a project that will have both footage from a Canon 5DM3 and an HVX200. Some of the footage is 1080 and some is 720p while some is 30fps and some is 24p.
1. What is the best way to get all of the footage at the same size?
2. What is the best way to deal with the differeing frame rates?
3. Any other general advice?
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1. Does the video need to be downconverted somehow to 720 before being brought into Premiere?
2. The footage has already been shot. Is there a way to convert it all to the same frame rate? What will it look like if it is all brought in?
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Mixing interlaced and progressive HDV footage?

Is anyone mixing interlaced and progressive footage on a FCP 5 timeline? Would you set the timeline up for progressive or interlaced settings? Would there be any loss in quality? I'm specifically wondering how well the true progressive of the JVC HD100 would combine with the "faux" progressive of the Canon A1.

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Other routes, would be converting the footage using compressors advanced formats conversion, and other tricks on the timeline, with removing fields and blending etc.
I think generally though, if you were going to intercut footage, you would notice it, at some level.
Some tests would help you enormously, as would renting a second camera identical to the first.
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[CS4] Best way to mix HD and SD?

Hey guys, had some fantastic reading here that's done me a lot of good. Hopefully someone can help me out here.
Here's the scoop - I'm working on a documentary, and we're currently trying to find the best way to mix HD and SD footage so that it's best presentable. Everything was shot on DV/HDV, so before we waste all the time capturing just to find out there are better ways to go about it, we wanted to see what others have done. Essentially, our narrative clips (think Masterpiece Theatre) are shot in HD, and we're using a lot of still images at a high enough resolution to work in HD. Only thing is, a lot of our interview clips are shot in SD, but in 16:9 so at least aspect ratio is the same.
What would be the best way to go about this for consistent video quality? Would you recommend capturing everything in its native format, upscaling the SD footage as best as possible and exporting as HD? Bringing down the quality of the HD footage upon capture and just editing/exporting everything as SD? If you'd recommend upscaling, any advice on how to go about that? Appreciate all the help!

Curt,
I have never beaten him, though I do try often. Job well done!
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Hunt
PS - I agree with you both.

Best "Capture" workflow for projects mixing HDV tape and XDCAM footage

I'm trying to determine the best workflow for projects that combine XDCAM and HDV footage.
I'd obviously do the editing in a project designed for XDCAM, as that's the higher quality footage,
and render the HDV clips in the XDCAM timeline...ending up with an XDCAM end product.
I'd use SONY'S XDCAM TRANSFER to get the clips into FCP.
My question concerns capturing the HDV footage in this scenario. I've never been able to get
the Log and Capture feature for HDV footage to work, unless I've created an HDV project and am capturing into that HDV project.
So, generally, I create an HDV project, open the log and capture utility which is now set to capture HDV, and then capture the footage. I then close that project and create a new project, designed for XDCAM footage. I use XDCAM Transfer to get the XDCAM footage into the project, and I import
the previously captured HDV footage into that browser and start editing, rendering the HDV in the XDCAM timeline.
My question...do I really have to open, what is essentially a "fake" HDV project just to capture that HDV footage? You don't seem to have the option of capturing HDV footage (out of a camera or HDV tape deck) directly into an XDCAM project. If I try to change the capture or audio video settings of the XDCAM project to HDV, you get messages saying you can't do it.
Is there something I'm missing or a more streamlined way of doing this?
Thanks in advance for any input.

No need to jump through these hoops. Just set yourself up with a universal Easy Setup that will handle both. Choose your regular XDCAM HD Easy Setup then open the Audio / Video Settings window and change the Capture Preset to "HDV" and the Device Control Preset to "HDV Firewire" ... then click the "Create Easy Setup" button and save it for recall whenever needed.
Regarding the overall workflow, I'd seriously question the idea of creating XDCAM HD masters. No real benefit to that unless you need to export to XDCAM HD. Much better would be export your final master as Apple ProRes 422.
Best
Andy

Mixing XDCAM and HDV?? Outputting to SD DVD...

Hi
Earlier this year we shot a documentary on a Sony PDW-F350L HD XDCam (great camera, stunning footage - 35Mbps). Working in FCP has been fine.
We're doing a follow up and budget and logistics dictate that we sadly can't use 350s again (where we're going, carrying 2 Z1s for example is going to be a lot easier). We're also on a fairly steep learning curve (being relatively new to FCP, Compressor etc).
So I'm looking at options. We know that there are significant differences between say a Z1 and a 350 but from my research so far and from some relatively simple testing mixing Z1 footage (native) and 350 footage on FCP, at least editing on the timeline doesn't seem like it's going to present any problems (although thoughts on that welcome).
The issue seems to be outputting. In the first instance we'll be outputting to SD DVD. Yes, that old gem...
Searching round various forums, it seems this problem (HDV - SD) is fairly universal. Solutions seem to range from not working in Native HDV (suggestions vary on the format to ingest in - AIC etc); outputting to different formats first (eg DVCPro HD) and then to MPEG-2; outputting the timeline to tape (DV), re-importing; using some thing like a Matrox MXO to output and others...
We're aware of the shortcoming of HDV and the compressed nature of the format and our expectations, given our kit are realistic. I've even tried putting some PD150 footage on the timeline but that's just not going to cut it.
So, I've got to put a kit list together by next week and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on:
1) Mixing XDCAM and HDV on the timeline and any gotchas we should watch out for.
but more importantly
2) Any suggested routes I can look at to get some reasonable output with these two formats on the timeline - particularly HDV (don't think we'll have time to look at the Matrox route right now).
Many thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Cheers

Thanks Andy, Michael
That's good input. From an editing point of view we seem to be ok. Although, Michael, I take your point and that's a good suggestion.
The main problem is the workflow to create a decent SD DVD without the artefacts caused by compression/motion etc in HDV (and to some extent XDCAM).
Have read the prores whitepaper at
http://images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/resources/whitepapers/L342568A_ProResWP.pdf
And looked a little more into understanding GOP structures and it seems that ProRes will help in terms of editing.
The white paper seems to suggest that converting to ProRes, because it uses I frame–only encoding "Ensures consistent quality in every frame and no artifacts from complex motion. "
We'll try some tests but, does anyone know if this is true?
But it also seems that deinterlacing may solve some of the horrendous vertical edge rippling we're getting on the HDV footage when outputting to SD DVD - although if I'm honest I'm not sure how we achive that with our current setting.

Mixing HDV, DV, and Pictures, then exporting it all out

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