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Eugen Oprina
October 16th, 2008, 06:35 PM
Hi,
What is the best way to go from 720P to 16/9 SD on FCS2?
I have a timeline where I mix sd 16/9 and HDV. The HDV footage seams to be less sharp than the 16/9 SD. Is there anything I can do? Will the difference be gone when I export to sd16/9 mov at the end?
Is there any export procedure I have to follow for better results?
Thanks for your help,
Eugen

Justin Ferar
October 17th, 2008, 12:43 AM
Did you already render your timeline? If not then hit option + R. The HDV should be dark green.

Justin Ferar
October 17th, 2008, 12:52 AM
Also- I usually work in an HDV timeline and scale up the DV footage rather than what you are doing. When I'm finished I export an HDV file and use that to create the SD files for DVD via Compressor, assuming you are going to DVD.

Hope this helps.

Eugen Oprina
October 17th, 2008, 02:16 AM
It is true I didn't render.
I am working in a SD 16/9 timeline because I am making some 'zoom in' efects animating the scale parameter from 100% to 80%.
I'll try to render.
Thanks a lot,
Eugen

Eugen Oprina
October 17th, 2008, 03:29 PM
Render solved the problem. Thank you very much.
Eugen

Dennis Robinson
October 17th, 2008, 07:06 PM
Render solved the problem. Thank you very much.
Eugen

I am surprised. You didnt know you had to render?

Eugen Oprina
October 18th, 2008, 09:03 AM
It is true Dennis,
I didn't know. I thought that if the line is green is ok. Is the first time I am trying to mix formats in one timeline.
Up to now I worked only with timeline where the footage was in native format so I used to render only effects or transitions.
Am I excused?
Good luck,
Eugen