David Orr
April 6th, 2005, 12:00 PM
Shot some HD tests on Sony CineAlta F900, great camera I must say, want to edit them on my computer using Premiere Pro 1.51... we shot 24p, on HDCAM40 tape, what instructions should I tell the dup lab when transferring to miniDV tape for capturing myself at home using my miniDV camera?
I would like to keep the native 16:9, so I want to import into a 16:9 project... first attempt though, the lab gave me 4:3 letterbox, which looks fine on the camera window, but in the timeline stays 4:3, actually boxed on all four sides black. I thought I was clear that I wanted a 16:9 ntsc output, but that's not what I have.
Now, I can have them redo it... I vaguely understand that it may need to be anomorphic conversion?? This would show up on my camera as squished but show correctly in Premiere...? if someone could explain that and its benefits that would be great...
...or...
I could just render the footage as I have it to fit properly...
I must say, connecting the camera to my 36" HDTV I see artifacts that I don't really like... the footage is shot well/looks great, but clearly downconverting to DV is a step way down...
I do want the best transfer possible, perhaps I should be transferring to SD or HDV, not sure if my system can handle though (see specs below). Question: would having it transferred squished give me more pixals and higher quality than the 4:3 transfer I already have? Does it really make a difference?? Is there better way to go about this?
Also, would also like to preserve the timecode, the 4:3 transfer did not include the timecode from the hdcam tape. I just don't know how to explain to the lab what I need. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
David
PS - testing for a short, we have tested 16mm, HD 24p, soon to test HDV on Sony Z1, trying to decide which way to go that my home system can handle, may mix mediums, want a grainy look and will be doing some AE work and using Magic Bullet, final output on DVD, doubt I'll go back to film, but you never know... P4 3.2 hyperthread, 7200 sata drives, 1 gig ram, premiere pro 1.51...
I would like to keep the native 16:9, so I want to import into a 16:9 project... first attempt though, the lab gave me 4:3 letterbox, which looks fine on the camera window, but in the timeline stays 4:3, actually boxed on all four sides black. I thought I was clear that I wanted a 16:9 ntsc output, but that's not what I have.
Now, I can have them redo it... I vaguely understand that it may need to be anomorphic conversion?? This would show up on my camera as squished but show correctly in Premiere...? if someone could explain that and its benefits that would be great...
...or...
I could just render the footage as I have it to fit properly...
I must say, connecting the camera to my 36" HDTV I see artifacts that I don't really like... the footage is shot well/looks great, but clearly downconverting to DV is a step way down...
I do want the best transfer possible, perhaps I should be transferring to SD or HDV, not sure if my system can handle though (see specs below). Question: would having it transferred squished give me more pixals and higher quality than the 4:3 transfer I already have? Does it really make a difference?? Is there better way to go about this?
Also, would also like to preserve the timecode, the 4:3 transfer did not include the timecode from the hdcam tape. I just don't know how to explain to the lab what I need. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
David
PS - testing for a short, we have tested 16mm, HD 24p, soon to test HDV on Sony Z1, trying to decide which way to go that my home system can handle, may mix mediums, want a grainy look and will be doing some AE work and using Magic Bullet, final output on DVD, doubt I'll go back to film, but you never know... P4 3.2 hyperthread, 7200 sata drives, 1 gig ram, premiere pro 1.51...