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doondoon
09-04-2009, 01:05 PM
A short project I shot that was originally intended for the internet is now going to be digitally projected from an Apple Pro-Res file in the theatre in downtown LA this weekend. The footage was shot on the HPX-170 @ 720p/n.

I have a few questions (in an effort to make the footage as good as it can be).

1. What is the best software up-scaler that I can use to get the 720p footage to 1920X1080p footage? I also have a Kona 3 card... but I'm not sure what I could do with that (since I'm not delivering on tape). ? I have heard that innobits makes a good scaler.

2. What is the best NOISE reducing software that won't smear and look like shit on the big screen?

3. The digital tech at the theatre said I could deliver an Apple Pro-Res HQ file... would the new 4:4:4:4 pro res file give me any advantage? I doubt it ... since the original footage is 8-bit, 4:2:2 720P..... but just thought I'd ask.

thanks in advance !

Michael
doondoon
09-04-2009, 04:25 PM
bump. anybody?
Joe Calabrese
09-04-2009, 07:58 PM
Movies that were shot with the old, tape Varicam at 720p/24 transfered to 35mm (which would be equivilent to 4k in digitial) looked fine. An HPX170 footage would look fine via digitial projection.
doondoon
09-05-2009, 11:11 AM
Movies that were shot with the old, tape Varicam at 720p/24 transfered to 35mm (which would be equivilent to 4k in digitial) looked fine. An HPX170 footage would look fine via digitial projection.

Yeah I've shot on the Varicam and seen it projected out to film. I think it did look alright, but it's not the same as 1920X1080 (for instance the new Varicam 2700 transferred and projected on film).

I know that HPX-170 will never be all much more beyond what it already is (which isn't bad)... I was just looking for a good quality software upscaler and I think I've found at least one by Innobits. It's called Purifier.
Nick Walters
09-05-2009, 11:41 AM
I havn't used this yet:
http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~milanfar/software/superresolution.html (http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/%7Emilanfar/software/superresolution.html)

And it requires you already have MATLAB on your computer...but I'm in the process of playing around with it to see what it can do.

There's a more commercial version that uses the same sort of Super Resolution technology here:
http://www.thedeemon.com/VideoEnhancer/

In some of the comparisons I've seen it seems that this Super Resolution tech can slightly beat out the next runner up, which most people use which is Instant HD:
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/magic-bullet-instant-hd/
Antguy
09-09-2009, 08:04 AM
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