XHA1s Deinterlace 60i FCP/Compressor Workflow at DVinfo.net

Sylus Harrington · December 7th, 2009, 07:47 PM

Was hunting around looking for deinterlace workflow solutions others have been using for their 60i footage.

Currently I import my XHA1s 60i footage into FCP as Apple Pro Res 422-60i. After editing is complete I export the final project as a "quicktime movie" with "current settings". Then send that to Compressor with the following deinterlace settings:

Frame Controls: On
Resize Filter: Best
Output Fields: Progressive
Deinterlace: Best (Motion Compensated)
Rate Conversion: Best (High Qual Motion Compensated)

I found this takes about 40-60 minutes to process each 1 minute of HD video on a QuadCore Mac Pro. End result is pretty good though.

What do others recommend or use when deinterlacing 60i? Would love to know! Thanks..

Joel Peregrine · December 11th, 2009, 11:38 AM

Hi Sylus,

Is this for SD DVD's? If so try a test with a short snippet of your finished product with the Frame Controls off and instead turn on Deinterlace in the legacy filters tab. Set it to Blur. Its a much faster render. This works great when going from SD interlaced footage to an SD DVD, but I haven't needed to do it with HD footage as I shoot progressive with the A1.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/attachme...1&d=1260553048

Sylus Harrington · December 18th, 2009, 01:20 PM

Mainly I would be taking HD 60i footage and deinterlace for the web, but would be good to know a similar work flow for SD DVD as well. I didn't know about that filter in Compressor. Ill have to give that a shot and see how it comes out. Thanks a lot Joel!

December 7th, 2009, 07:47 PM	#1
Sylus Harrington Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 58	XHA1s Deinterlace 60i FCP/Compressor Workflow Was hunting around looking for deinterlace workflow solutions others have been using for their 60i footage. Currently I import my XHA1s 60i footage into FCP as Apple Pro Res 422-60i. After editing is complete I export the final project as a "quicktime movie" with "current settings". Then send that to Compressor with the following deinterlace settings: Frame Controls: On Resize Filter: Best Output Fields: Progressive Deinterlace: Best (Motion Compensated) Rate Conversion: Best (High Qual Motion Compensated) I found this takes about 40-60 minutes to process each 1 minute of HD video on a QuadCore Mac Pro. End result is pretty good though. What do others recommend or use when deinterlacing 60i? Would love to know! Thanks..

December 11th, 2009, 11:38 AM	#2
Joel Peregrine Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 689	Hi Sylus, Is this for SD DVD's? If so try a test with a short snippet of your finished product with the Frame Controls off and instead turn on Deinterlace in the legacy filters tab. Set it to Blur. Its a much faster render. This works great when going from SD interlaced footage to an SD DVD, but I haven't needed to do it with HD footage as I shoot progressive with the A1. http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/attachme...1&d=1260553048 Attached Images __________________ WeddingFilms.com>>

December 18th, 2009, 01:20 PM	#3
Sylus Harrington Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 58	Mainly I would be taking HD 60i footage and deinterlace for the web, but would be good to know a similar work flow for SD DVD as well. I didn't know about that filter in Compressor. Ill have to give that a shot and see how it comes out. Thanks a lot Joel!