I recently finished editing a behind the scenes featurette that was shot entirely on the FX1 in HDV using the Cineframe 24 mode. Right now I am having some difficulties with the compression to put it on DVD. I am using FCP 5 for the edit and using Compressor to output the mpeg 2. Here is my workflow:
Capture 1080i HDV into FCP
Edit online in HDV
Export 1080i Quicktime
Drop 1080i Quicktime into compressor
Compress using mpeg2 at 60min high quality w/ PCM audio
Here is my problem:
The footage comes out looking EXTREMELY strobey. I know the cineframe mode isnt supposed to look as good as real 24, but it looks terrible. Both the quicktime and the tape output copy do not have this problem, only the version that has been converted to mpeg2. Am I missing a step? Is there an intermediate step to bring the HDV down to SD res before putting it in compressor? I tried bringing the 1080i quicktime into a NTSC timeline then exporting it as such, but I got the same super strobey result. Any help would be great, thanks.
Capture 1080i HDV into FCP
Edit online in HDV
Export 1080i Quicktime
Drop 1080i Quicktime into compressor
Compress using mpeg2 at 60min high quality w/ PCM audio
Here is my problem:
The footage comes out looking EXTREMELY strobey. I know the cineframe mode isnt supposed to look as good as real 24, but it looks terrible. Both the quicktime and the tape output copy do not have this problem, only the version that has been converted to mpeg2. Am I missing a step? Is there an intermediate step to bring the HDV down to SD res before putting it in compressor? I tried bringing the 1080i quicktime into a NTSC timeline then exporting it as such, but I got the same super strobey result. Any help would be great, thanks.