Anyone shooting DV?

Jeff Pulera · October 13th, 2009, 02:53 PM

Regarding zooming in on HD footage for SD delivery - this produces a beautiful image in Vegas, but with Premiere, there is a definite quality loss. So, while I am a Premiere editor (using Matrox RT.X2 hardware), I jump over to Vegas just to zoom certain clips then export them out for use in Premiere.

Adobe just can't get some things right - HDV to DVD still doesn't work well and users have to do workarounds

Jeff

Boudewijn de Kemp · October 14th, 2009, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Morse

Lukas, that is true but if I know I will never convert it, what's the point. Unless I'm getting a much higher quality output with the HD I would rather not go through the hassle..

Maybe you can consider getting the MRC1K. This way you have best of both worlds. Shoot DV on MRC1k and HDV on tape. You can edit faster because less time wasted importing video, and you can still go closer if needed and import that shot from HDV tape.

Rob Morse · October 15th, 2009, 08:53 AM

I guess I have to pull out the manual. I tried to do that the last time I shot and it didn't work. Somehow both were recorded in HDV. That is what I wanted though, DV on card, HDV on tape. I'm catching up on work right now and will be a little slower for the next 2 months so I'll try to experiment.

Greg Laves · October 15th, 2009, 08:33 PM

I got the opportunity to shoot some sideline video of high school football games. The first night I shot in HDV and noticed some blurring effect which seemed like it could have been a codec issue. Too much changing too fast, frame to frame. The second weekend, I recorded in DV widescreen and all of the blurring issues were gone. And the footage looked really good in either format.

Stelios Christofides · October 16th, 2009, 03:04 PM

Greg
The moral of the story: Shoot in DV widescreen!

Stelios

October 16th, 2009, 03:04 PM	#20
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October 13th, 2009, 02:53 PM	#16
Jeff Pulera Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 691	Regarding zooming in on HD footage for SD delivery - this produces a beautiful image in Vegas, but with Premiere, there is a definite quality loss. So, while I am a Premiere editor (using Matrox RT.X2 hardware), I jump over to Vegas just to zoom certain clips then export them out for use in Premiere. Adobe just can't get some things right - HDV to DVD still doesn't work well and users have to do workarounds Jeff

October 15th, 2009, 08:53 AM	#18
Rob Morse Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 427	I guess I have to pull out the manual. I tried to do that the last time I shot and it didn't work. Somehow both were recorded in HDV. That is what I wanted though, DV on card, HDV on tape. I'm catching up on work right now and will be a little slower for the next 2 months so I'll try to experiment.

October 15th, 2009, 08:33 PM	#19
Greg Laves Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 640	I got the opportunity to shoot some sideline video of high school football games. The first night I shot in HDV and noticed some blurring effect which seemed like it could have been a codec issue. Too much changing too fast, frame to frame. The second weekend, I recorded in DV widescreen and all of the blurring issues were gone. And the footage looked really good in either format.