Avid Xpress Pro

Colin Duerr · August 8th, 2006, 09:57 PM

I am shooting a documentary - shooting with the FX1 - 1080i

I went to my school today to edit a five minute sample - it was amazing - but I cant burn it on a DVD

They have Avid Xpress Pro HD - the editing worked smoothly - but I couldnt figure out how to encode/export so it looked just as good on a DVD

Do I need specific software? I am new to this - please I need you advice!

Colin Duerr

Michael Hendrix · August 9th, 2006, 08:20 AM

Unfortunately, it is never going to look as good because what you are doing is downconverting from High Definition to Standard Definition.

I can tell you that this get's very complicated. Right now I have edited a Ten Minute piece shot on a Z1U and cut in Avid Express Pro HD. What I have done is exported a 10 one minute clips into a Quicktime Animation Codec. I then reassemble the in Adobe After Effects which I export into a MPG2 Clip.

Someone else may have a better workflow but this is the best I can come up with to keep from encoding and reencoding several times.

August 8th, 2006, 09:57 PM	#1
Colin Duerr Tourist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI Posts: 2	Avid Xpress Pro - Help! I am shooting a documentary - shooting with the FX1 - 1080i I went to my school today to edit a five minute sample - it was amazing - but I cant burn it on a DVD They have Avid Xpress Pro HD - the editing worked smoothly - but I couldnt figure out how to encode/export so it looked just as good on a DVD Do I need specific software? I am new to this - please I need you advice! Colin Duerr

August 9th, 2006, 08:20 AM	#2
Michael Hendrix Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 69	Unfortunately, it is never going to look as good because what you are doing is downconverting from High Definition to Standard Definition. I can tell you that this get's very complicated. Right now I have edited a Ten Minute piece shot on a Z1U and cut in Avid Express Pro HD. What I have done is exported a 10 one minute clips into a Quicktime Animation Codec. I then reassemble the in Adobe After Effects which I export into a MPG2 Clip. Someone else may have a better workflow but this is the best I can come up with to keep from encoding and reencoding several times.