Robbie Brandon
July 17th, 2008, 01:04 AM
Hello fellow DVer's!,
This is my first post, but i've been trolling for over a year. Feel like I know many of you already:) I apologize that my first post is a question, but I'm confused and the clock is ticking. Here is the scenario...
I have a huge project (a wedding I shot) with a total of about 15 hours of HDV 1080 60i footage from two Canon XH-A1's.(Cambodian weddings never end!) I use FCP 2.0 and the final output will be to a sd dvd. I would like to edit in HDV, just in case I needed to give them a Blu-ray in the future, but im afraid editing that much HDV will strain my iMac, not to mention my harddrive space. Im willing to forgo the Blu-ray option and downconvert in the beginning if it will streamline the editing process considerably. Otherwise, Id rather just stick with an HDV timeline for the future's sake. What sort of workflow would you recommend?
Assuming I do go the SD route, would you downconvert in camera, or capture it at SD resolution? If in capture, would you use regular DV NTSC or maybe the ProRes SD codec(Im not at all familiar with Prores, but have heard mention of it.) Again, the main goal hear is quick editing and easy export to DVD via compressor or QT file.
If the HDV route IS feasible, would you capture it as HDV1080i, or is it possible to capture 1080 60i footage at 720 30p?(Wish now that I shot at 720:( ) Or Capture at 720 60i and output at SD 30p? Am i correct in saying that outputing to dvd in progressive is the best way to go? I am assuming editing 720 would be less strain on the cpu, but Im a newb and, to be honest, im a little confused on the whole matter. It seems the more I read, the more workflows I encounter and the more confused i get.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Im open to any suggested workflow. This site and it's members ROCK!!!
This is my first post, but i've been trolling for over a year. Feel like I know many of you already:) I apologize that my first post is a question, but I'm confused and the clock is ticking. Here is the scenario...
I have a huge project (a wedding I shot) with a total of about 15 hours of HDV 1080 60i footage from two Canon XH-A1's.(Cambodian weddings never end!) I use FCP 2.0 and the final output will be to a sd dvd. I would like to edit in HDV, just in case I needed to give them a Blu-ray in the future, but im afraid editing that much HDV will strain my iMac, not to mention my harddrive space. Im willing to forgo the Blu-ray option and downconvert in the beginning if it will streamline the editing process considerably. Otherwise, Id rather just stick with an HDV timeline for the future's sake. What sort of workflow would you recommend?
Assuming I do go the SD route, would you downconvert in camera, or capture it at SD resolution? If in capture, would you use regular DV NTSC or maybe the ProRes SD codec(Im not at all familiar with Prores, but have heard mention of it.) Again, the main goal hear is quick editing and easy export to DVD via compressor or QT file.
If the HDV route IS feasible, would you capture it as HDV1080i, or is it possible to capture 1080 60i footage at 720 30p?(Wish now that I shot at 720:( ) Or Capture at 720 60i and output at SD 30p? Am i correct in saying that outputing to dvd in progressive is the best way to go? I am assuming editing 720 would be less strain on the cpu, but Im a newb and, to be honest, im a little confused on the whole matter. It seems the more I read, the more workflows I encounter and the more confused i get.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Im open to any suggested workflow. This site and it's members ROCK!!!