Basic HVX Post-Production Workflow

[Kevin McCallister]

Hey Guys,

I have a client bringing in some HVX footage on a hard drive tomorrow. While I know the DVX like the back of my hand, I'm not at all familiar with working with HD footage from the HVX. They're going to be sitting with me during the edit, so I want to make sure I have the Final Cut timeline and everything set up before they show up.

So basically, I have two questions:

1). Are there any settings or anything I need to know/do when setting up my Final Cut timeline to edit HDV footage (I'm assuming it's 720p).

2). Any special considerations when the end medium will be a SD DVD? Should I just use Compressor to make MPEG-2s as normal?

Thanks guys!

 

[David Saraceno]

1. Again, its not HDV, but DVCProHD. Use the preset consistent with the frame rate and footage shot with the HVX200.

2. Compressor is the encoder for the Mac. While you can use BitVice, the presets in Compressor are fine.

But you might want to detail hardware, OS and FCP version numbers.

 

[Kevin McCallister]

Thanks David.

I'm on Final Cut 5.0.4, Mac OS X 10.4.8.