Capture in Cineform, Edit in DV, Online in Cineform
 

Hi,

I have a project that's 80% greenscreen, so I want to take advantage of the Cineform codec and HDV in After Effects. I ran some tests, and I think the Cineform/HDV renders to SD look better than DV renders.

What I want to do is edit in Premiere Pro using SD DV footage, then, when my show is locked down, bring the project into AE using my Cineform footage so I can key using Cineform.

I'll then render out/online in Cineform 1080i and use HD Link to down-res to SD for DVD.

Is there an easy way to do this?

I was thinking since I already have the Cineform 1080i files captured, use HD Link to batch down-res to DV WS 1.2 PAR, bring those into Premiere Pro 2, edit, then export the EDL, import into my Cineform PP2 project, import that project into AE.

Thanks,

Jim

James,

If you have Aspect HD, it is just as easy to edit that as it is DV. So why not just edit it all Cineform and be done with it?

Well, it's not as 'snappy' as editing simple DV. I have a fast machine, a Dual AMD 246 with 4 gigs of RAM and 2 250 GIG HDs striped together for video and a separate boot and media drive for projects, all of which were just defraged using Diskeeper.

In a DV timeline, I can hit the spacebar, and it plays audio, etc. flawlessly. No waiting, no glitches.

In a Aspect HD/Cineform timeline, I hit the spacebar, and it takes a second or two before the audio isn't glitching and everything is smooth.

Maybe there is something wrong with my setup, but in DV, it's instant, and I can edit much easier that way.

Any suggestions?