Uprez 960x540 to 1920x1080

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Uprez 960x540 to 1920x1080

Hi,

I imported some footage from my Canon t3i at 960x540 and now I wish I had imported it at 1920x1080 (the footage from the camera is now deleted). Can I use Final Cut Pro 7 or MPEG Streamclip to convert the footage to HD? I know I can put the SD footage in an HD timeline, but I doubt that'll increase the quality, probably even lower it. So I just wanted to know what the best course of action would be to uprez the footage so that I can make a 1920x1080 video of my project. Thanks!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on May 20, 2012 2:37 AM

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Answer 1

May 20, 2012 4:39 AM in response to bobbydigital80

Uprez it in Compressor, it will do a better job compared to FCP or MPEG Streamclip.

Turn on Frame Control and set Resizing Filter to best. Add Details Level (Anti-alias) if need be... do a small test first.

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Answer 2

May 20, 2012 2:44 PM in response to David M Brewer

How does using Compressor for this purpose compare to Red Giant Instant HD?

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Answer 3

May 20, 2012 2:52 PM in response to bobbydigital80

Never used Red Giant Instant Hd. Some say it's the cats meow... Compressor uprez is free (If you have Compressor already installed.) and does a great job compared to $99 for Red Giant Instant HD. Try Compressor and see if it to your liking. Personally, I use Compressor.

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Answer 4

May 20, 2012 3:14 PM in response to bobbydigital80

Okay, thanks. I've never used compressor before so I'm not exactly sure how to upscale and upres my project. The "frame controls" tab isn't active, so it doesn't let me change any settings in it, and I can't find anything online that gives a step by step tutorial for this. Would you be so kind as to give me a step by step guide to do that or point in the direction where I can find something like "Compressor for Dummies"? 😀 Thanks.

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Answer 5

May 20, 2012 3:18 PM in response to bobbydigital80

Set your new size here:

Turn on Frame Control and set resizing to best... hit submit.

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Answer 6

May 20, 2012 3:39 PM in response to David M Brewer

Thanks! Got it working.

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Answer 7

May 20, 2012 3:56 PM in response to bobbydigital80

Let us know how it looks... I've taken 1920 to 4k and was happy with the results...

Click on original in the resolution settings and go to fullscreen... Looks great on am iMac screen set at 2560 rez. (Let the video load.)

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Answer 8

May 21, 2012 11:28 PM in response to David M Brewer

The HD version of my video looks pretty good now. It's significantly better than my 960x540 version. How exactly is it able to make it look better though? It's kind of a mystery to me. My original footage was shot in HD and I used iMovie to import it at 960x540 (instead of 1920x1080, which I should have). Is the potential for the footage to be converted into HD somehow inside the imported SD footage? Or is uprezing it in Commpressor a sort of fake way of making it look like it's HD? I'm not quite sure how converting SD into HD is possible, but if it was originally in HD then converted to SD and back to HD again, will it be true HD?

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