convert 1080i to 720p

Just to clarify, it's the render template that matters, not the project template. You can render out to anything from any project template.

Yes, you can render as 1280x720 MPEG-2. Not sure why you'd want to, though -- what do you have in mind?
 
well i was thinking maybe it would be more film like it the image was progressive,cuz i got no clue how to use the 24p on this thing the right way
 
You can render as progressive in pretty much every format -- an in some formats, like WMV, it's automatically progressive.
 
what if i shoot in 24p on the hv20 and convert the video to 720p after will that work,or what would be the next best way to make the 24p on the hv20 look good,i can see a little ghosting,big headache lol,thanks
 
The spatial resolution doesn't matter to that -- it's the timebase which is the problem.

The best way to keep the 24p looking good is to stay in 60i. It will retain its 24p aesthetic.

Or, you can remove the pulldown in another program and then edit it on a custom 24p timeline.
 
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Does anyone in here know if I have a choice b/w 720p60 and 720p30 (and those two only), which one would be better to shoot at if you know you want to later convert to 720p24. I'm guessing acquiring with the 60p gives you more frames to construct a 24p source from, but I'm just going on intuition here. (FWIW, I want to intermix 24p HDV footage from an HV20 with footage from a MP4 pocketcam that can shoot 720p30 or 720p60.

Thanks!
 
David Jimerson said:
If you want to convert to 24p, never shoot 30p. Your intuition is correct.
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Thank you for your help, but I'm trying to pin someone down on this EXACT question:

If you could ONLY pick between 30p and 60p to shoot in, but you knew it had to be converted to 24p in the end, which one would you choose to shoot in? 30p or 60p?

So, in this hypothetical, 60i is NOT an option, but I do understand why you might go that route if you were converting to 24p when using an interlaced camera. The question has to do with using a tiny MP4 pocket cam to get some footage that will ultimately be edited with some other 24p HV20 HDV footage. The pocket cam only shoots progressive. Any additional thoughts now that I clarify?
 
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