Q: Uprezzing film timeline which uses two different codecs
So I have my final film edit in FCP 6 which uses two different codecs...DVCPROHD 720p60 at 23.98fps and HDV 1080p24 at 23.98fps. There are only about 15 clips which are the HDV codec. My next step is to color correct in apple Color. So I did a quick test where I sent a couple clips of each codec, on the same timeline, into Color and back out into FCP, which seemed to roundtrip without any hitches...the only difference is that the DVCPRO clips came back as ProRes 422HQ 1280x720 and the HDV clips came back as 1920x1080...which is all fine. However, I do want 1080p (1920x1080) as my final output...for Bluray as well as DCP if my film gets picked up by a festival. So what I plan to do for my final output is export my completed Colored timeline to compressor and use ProRes 422 HQ at 1080p. My question is...since there isn't a specific 1080p ProRes HQ codec (like there is for DVCPROHD) but simply the "Geometry" tab in Compressor where you can change the 'Dimensions' to 1920x1080...is this how I "Uprez" my DVCPRO 720p clips to match my HDV 1080p clips?
I just want to make sure NOW, that my workflow will be good all the way up to finishing, before I start sending sections of my timeline to Color...
Thanks!
David
Final Cut Pro 6, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Compressor 1.0.4
Posted on Oct 9, 2013 1:53 PM
If your 1080 footage is in a 720p sequence...and it is full frame, you can see the entire image...then it is downscaled. Double-click on a clip and look in the MOTION tab...it'll be like 66%. it's shrunk. Then if you upscale all that via compressor...you are now blowing that shrunken image back up again.
The downconvert happened already...when you added it to the 720p sequence.
Posted on Oct 10, 2013 2:54 PM