Posted by leekazimir on 05/27/07 05:41

>
> Lee
>
> DV50 is also known as DVCPro.
>
> If you are only going to use 5 mins then why are you going to capture 8
> hours of footage? If you need to view the tapes get some DV copies of
> them done. They will be cheaply done by most facilities. Use the DV
> tapes in your edit when you have locked your edit down then go back and
> get the scenes you need captured in either uncompressed or other
> suitable high quality codec (to be determined by your delivery format).

This seems like a very good idea. You are right, I wouldn't need the
super hi-res stuff until I had what I needed nailed down.

But you say that "this will be done very cheaply by most
facilities".... I have not found a place that would convert PAL
digibeta to anything in NTSC DV for anything less than about $400 an
hour. If you know of a facility that would convert more cheaply then
I'm grateful for any suggestions.

>
> You say you shot in NTSC HDV. NTSC HDV does not exist. So what did you
> actually shoot? 720P 24/30/60 or 1080i60 etc? If you've shot 24P HDV
> then I wouldn't bother converting PAL to NTSC.
>
> What will be your delivery format?

I shot 1080i 60 HDV.

Delivery format will either be an HDV tape or an HDCAM master,
depending on whatever festivals my movie gets accepted to requires.

When you say you "wouldn't bother converting".... is there a way I
could get the PAL stuff to coexist on the same timeline as my HDV
stuff?

> What are you editing on? If FCP I might be able to help more than if
> you use another NLE. But I am sure someone can help if you are using
> Avid/Prem/Vegas et al.

I am not using FCP. I am using Vegas 7 right now. Also considering
getting Ulead if I need it, but do not own a Mac.

> Don't even consider DVD.
>
> Apple ProRes is just a very high quality codec that will serve you
> better than uncompressed, i.e. small file sizes, if you or the facility
> are able to capture to it and you are using FCP6.

> FCP6's open timeline can cope with mixing of HD, SD and with all
> different frame rates. So FCP6 would make your project a breeze.

FCP can mix PAL and NTSC? This I wish I had known. Do you know if
this can be done on Vegas, Ulead, or any PC-based NLE?

Thanks much for your help so far.

Lee

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