From: Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Oct 19 2010 - 06:55:03 PDT
hi David & Bernd (or anyone else who can answer):
I followed your instructions using MPEG Streamclip and was finally able to view my huge HD files! However, the converted QT files are enormous (an original MPEG of 4.5 gigs blows up to a QT file of 20 gigs). Also, the image is being squeezed horizontally and stretched vertically, so it all looks compressed and is not retaining the original anamorphic screen shape. The frame size on the MPEGS is 1440 x 1080 and I tried both of the potential frame size settings based on this: 1440 x 1080(4:3) and 1440 x 1080 unscaled ~ both yielded similar results. Any ideas on how to fix this problem? Is it something that can be corrected in the FCP timeline?
In FCP, I presume that I should set Easy Setup to Apple ProRes 422. Do I also need to change my Sequence and Capture Presets to ProRes 422, and if so which version of it, as they all have some notation beside them (HQ, LT, etc)? I am working in the US, NTSC format. I am assuming that these settings will automatically export the piece in ProRes 422 HD... so how do I export an SD version of it and/or a PAL (HD and SD) version?
Thanks SOOOOOOO much!
enjoy today...
Dinorah de Jesús Rodríguez
Multimedia Artist
www.solislandmediaworks.com
www.artcinematic.blogspot.com
http://cinesthesia.blip.tv
On Oct 17, 2010, at 8:25 AM, David Tetzlaff wrote:
> Dinorah:
>
>> I have been having trouble accessing some footage that a friend shot
>> for me recently on a new HD camera. I have not been able to open it
>> in either QuickTime or FCP. I am working on a new Intel-Mac running
>> OS10.6.4 and FCP7.
>
> There are many different kinds of HD: HDV, HDCAM, DVCPRO-HD, XDCAM....
> and then within these larger formats there are variations: different
> resolutions, GOP structures etc.
>
>> Being primarily a 16mm person, all of this digital knowledge is new
>> to me, so bear with me if this is an ignorant question, but how do I
>> access ProRes 422?
>
> Download MPEG Streamclip (it's free). Open your source file. Chose
> 'Export to Quicktime'. Select "ProRes422" (regular, not the HQ
> version) from the drop-down menu of all the codecs. Leave the frame-
> rate and resolution as they are in the source file.
>
> Or, if you have Final Cut Studio, you can do it in Compressor, though
> you'll have to read the manual to figure out the settings.
>
>> Another question I have is about exporting the files once I
>> successfully manage to edit this footage alongside regular SD
>> footage. What is the best setting to use when exporting the files
>> so they retain their HD quality, but can also be viewed on any
>> standard monitor and/or project correctly in non-HD projectors as
>> well as HD?
>
> Either your output is HD, or it's not. You'll want to make two output
> masters of your finished project: one in ProRes HD (same settings as
> in the timeline), and one in SD. Then, for any particular form of
> exhibition, you make copies in the required playback format from one
> of those masters.
>
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