720p to NTSC 480 widescreen in PP2

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srfjm

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I'm planning on shooting and editing a project in 720p, but I'll need to burn a standard 480 widescreen (non HD) DVD in the end. My thought was to edit in a 720p workspace, render the project, then import it to a 480 widescreen workspace... then export to DVD and codecs for web posting from there.

Any thoughts on this process? How do I make the square pixel 720p project properly fit the NTSC 480 widescreen workspace?

Thanks for any insight...
 
srfjm said:
I'm planning on shooting and editing a project in 720p, but I'll need to burn a standard 480 widescreen (non HD) DVD in the end. My thought was to edit in a 720p workspace, render the project, then import it to a 480 widescreen workspace... then export to DVD and codecs for web posting from there.

Any thoughts on this process? How do I make the square pixel 720p project properly fit the NTSC 480 widescreen workspace?

Thanks for any insight...
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What NLE do you use?

For avid, you can simply export a QT reference, then import the QT ref into Sorenson or other encoder and encode an MPEG2. You flag the encoder as 16x9 and it will maintain the aspect ratio.

Fo Premier Pro, just take the 720 project right into encore. Make sure you select 16x9 and you are good to go.

for FCP, take the QT file into compresor and set it to 16x9.

You dont need t add the extra step of rendering and importing into a 480 project.
 
You're absolutely right... not sure what I was thinking. I'm using Premiere Pro 2.0, and will be able to encode and burn standard def dvd's right from the 720p project.

I'm still experimenting with the HD workflow and how to best use HD as an aquisition format, even for web projects.

Thanks!
 
well some DVD authoring programs can down res on their own too. DVD arch 4 will down convert 1080P/1080i/720P/480P all to SD on its own, and it custom tailors the bitrate to make it fit on a disc with maximum quality.
 
If I am editing for SD but may want an HD version later I often just make SD copies of my footage (I use After Effects to render them out) And then do my edit in SD. If later on I need an HD edit I can just replace the files with identically named HD versions and change the project settings to HD.
 
Arson said:
If I am editing for SD but may want an HD version later I often just make SD copies of my footage (I use After Effects to render them out) And then do my edit in SD. If later on I need an HD edit I can just replace the files with identically named HD versions and change the project settings to HD.
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Isn't this a waste of time?

If you shot HD, you can export in HD or downconvert to SD very simply. Why create a new project?
 
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