romandesign
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I need to shoot my wife's sister wedding with XH-A1 in 2 weeks. I'm puzzled about what mode to shoot in (60i or 30F), considering that I will need to create both SD-DVD (I guess progressive HD would translate batter to progressive SD-DVD) and HD - most likely WMV-HD to play from PC. I'm not a pro and don't normally shoot weddings, so any advice is appreciated.
So here are my questions:
1. When shooting HD for SD-DVD output, is 30F or 24F better than 60i?
2. When shooting for WMV-HD or other non-bluray PC-based output, is 30F or 24F better than 60i?
3. When is more resolution lost: when deinterlacing 60i footage for WMV-HD or when shooting straight 30F and then compress to WMV-HD?
4. What is the best PC-based HD format in terms of quality/compression and what settings should I use for shooting and compressing to get the highest quality video on the least amount of space (say, one hour of full HD on a DVD5)? I've been trying to select the best PC-based HD format that I can output from Premiere Pro and Procoder 3, and I had failed to get any full HD output from 1080 60i footage that's not jerky, with exception of WMV-HD. I've used upper field first and tried interlaced 29.97fps output, but it looks jerky, while WMV-HD looks silky smooth. I suspect some resolution might be lost because of deinterlacing though.
5. Are there any tutorials or articles for shooting tasteful wedding videos? Maybe some online examples that can get me some creative ideas?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
So here are my questions:
1. When shooting HD for SD-DVD output, is 30F or 24F better than 60i?
2. When shooting for WMV-HD or other non-bluray PC-based output, is 30F or 24F better than 60i?
3. When is more resolution lost: when deinterlacing 60i footage for WMV-HD or when shooting straight 30F and then compress to WMV-HD?
4. What is the best PC-based HD format in terms of quality/compression and what settings should I use for shooting and compressing to get the highest quality video on the least amount of space (say, one hour of full HD on a DVD5)? I've been trying to select the best PC-based HD format that I can output from Premiere Pro and Procoder 3, and I had failed to get any full HD output from 1080 60i footage that's not jerky, with exception of WMV-HD. I've used upper field first and tried interlaced 29.97fps output, but it looks jerky, while WMV-HD looks silky smooth. I suspect some resolution might be lost because of deinterlacing though.
5. Are there any tutorials or articles for shooting tasteful wedding videos? Maybe some online examples that can get me some creative ideas?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks!