Shooting in 720p and uprezing to 1080i?

BigMike

BigMike

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I've been reading some of the talk on the Canon and how great the picture is, etc, but I've already got my HVX and I'm pondering possible deliver scenarios...

Let's say you are doing something for the Discovery channel and they want 1080i. I know the HVX200 has 1080i, but wouldn't you get a better picture by shooting in 720p and then rendering it as 1080i? I mean interlacing a 720p at 29.97, then interlacing it in your nle at 60fps... wouldn't that give you 1440i?

Maybe that's a dumb question... Worked late last night, baby kept me up till 2:00 AM and after 2 shots of Gran Marinier' while trying to get the baby to sleep I'm back to work this morning and I'm afraid I might be thinking in the abstract. :)
 
BigMike said:
I've been reading some of the talk on the Canon and how great the picture is, etc, but I've already got my HVX and I'm pondering possible deliver scenarios...

Let's say you are doing something for the Discovery channel and they want 1080i. I know the HVX200 has 1080i, but wouldn't you get a better picture by shooting in 720p and then rendering it as 1080i? I mean interlacing a 720p at 29.97, then interlacing it in your nle at 60fps... wouldn't that give you 1440i?

Maybe that's a dumb question...
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no it's not.. Hey HVX200 gurus, let's help him..
 
Well even if you would get the best 1080i picture buy going for the in camera solution. I still would like to shoot 720P for my master.

What if your work is so good enough that you gonna send it to more stations. I think it easier to convert the 720p 60fps to all the other different formats than it is to convert the 1080i signal. (well it isnt that hard but all in all progressive is more fun to play with in post)
 
If you need stock footage elements for your DVCPRO HD project, what would be your preferred format? I see Artbeats delivers everything at 30fps. They said some of the material was shot at 24p and you could do a reverse pulldown so your clip could import into a 24p project. Any input would be appreciated.
 
I'd vote 1080/24p. Unless you're doing like Kevin Railsback/PawPrint and taking advantage of the overcranking. Even then you could up-rez that to 1080 before listing it with the stock footage company.
 
If you want to shoot 720p and deliver a 1080i master, you have a couple of options. The Panasonic 1200a DVCPRO HD deck will cross convert your 720p material to 1080i with some pretty nice results. You can also hand your 720p master over to a dub house that is equipped with a Teranex converter. This will yield the very best results as Teranex conversion is top notch. If you are editing in FCP you can put your 720 sequence in a 1080 sequence, scale the sequence and render. You can take your final sequence out to After Effects and run it through a plug like Algolith. There are plenty of options. It will just be dictated by your time and budget allotment.

--Jeremy
 
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