View Full Version : Best Way To Handle Widescreen DV


David Ziegelheim
November 24th, 2006, 09:01 PM
In Prospect, there are options for 1080i60, 1080p30, 720p30 and NTSC 720x480 DV with a .9 pixel ratio. Wide screen DV has a 1.2 pixel ratio.

What is the best way to handle it? I've tried 1080i60; however I'm getting jaggies in the output (MPEG DVD and WMV 480x270 square pixel).

This video needs color and lumination correction; Prospect seems to be a major improvement over PP by itself with those corrections. However, the up-res down-res seems to be causing problems.

Is there a way to handle 1.2 pixel ratio 720x480 DV directly?

Thanks,

David

David Newman
November 24th, 2006, 09:14 PM
Don't seem like you are using Prospect HD presets. Here is the full list in the image below. Plus you can modify as preset as needed -- like adding a new framerate or pixel aspect ratio.

David Ziegelheim
November 24th, 2006, 10:48 PM
Definitely using the presets. The only non-HD presets are with a non-changable .9 pixel ratio. It is shown on the screen.

At first I tried the DV NTSC setting. But there didn't appear to be anyway to change from the .9 pixel ratio.

David

David Newman
November 25th, 2006, 12:06 AM
Nothing is "non-changable". Select the NTSC preset, then click on the "custom settings" and select the pixel aspect you want.

David Ziegelheim
November 25th, 2006, 12:19 AM
David,

Your right...my brain must be mush. It is there in the custom settings and I've got it going now.

Sorry for having gone a stray.

The video I'm editing was shot in a fairly dim room without lights (a party) and quite a bit of image correction is necessary. So I thought this would be a good test. So far, it definitely seems to help.

Thanks,

David