hey,
i've updated the d90 upscaler (see homepage below). it's now compatible with red giant instant hd as well as any other third party scaler you might wanna use for the final 801p to 1080p upscale. it uses the same double nest workflow as ihd, which also brings other benefits, like you can apply filters and change the editing of the original sequence and the final upscaled one is updated too. you can still use the slug+well method if that's what you want, it's good if you want to do simultaneous conversion to 25 or 23.976 fps for example. here's from the new readme.txt:
D90 Upscaler (Updated Mar 2009)
This plugin works because the D90 really captures an 800p image and scales it to 720p and the way it's done makes it possible to scale it back up almost losslessly to 800p and then back down to 720p or even better up to your resolution of choice. This update uses a new and largely superior workflow, but the previous "slug and image well" works too. You start by nesting your 720p sequence in a 1080p one, make sure no automatic scaling is done and if it is just reset it, then nest this sequence again in another 1080p sequence. Now apply the filter to this nest, and either use scale to fit, or select native 1280x801 and apply your own scaler. If you're using Instant HD from Red Giant Software for example here's where you apply it, setting the source size to 1280x801. You'll notice that the workflow is exactly the same so no need to nest the clips again, just apply it. You can also use the motion tab, which if motion quality is set to best might yield better results, or maybe export using compressor and its frame control scaling. Good luck.
/matt
i've updated the d90 upscaler (see homepage below). it's now compatible with red giant instant hd as well as any other third party scaler you might wanna use for the final 801p to 1080p upscale. it uses the same double nest workflow as ihd, which also brings other benefits, like you can apply filters and change the editing of the original sequence and the final upscaled one is updated too. you can still use the slug+well method if that's what you want, it's good if you want to do simultaneous conversion to 25 or 23.976 fps for example. here's from the new readme.txt:
D90 Upscaler (Updated Mar 2009)
This plugin works because the D90 really captures an 800p image and scales it to 720p and the way it's done makes it possible to scale it back up almost losslessly to 800p and then back down to 720p or even better up to your resolution of choice. This update uses a new and largely superior workflow, but the previous "slug and image well" works too. You start by nesting your 720p sequence in a 1080p one, make sure no automatic scaling is done and if it is just reset it, then nest this sequence again in another 1080p sequence. Now apply the filter to this nest, and either use scale to fit, or select native 1280x801 and apply your own scaler. If you're using Instant HD from Red Giant Software for example here's where you apply it, setting the source size to 1280x801. You'll notice that the workflow is exactly the same so no need to nest the clips again, just apply it. You can also use the motion tab, which if motion quality is set to best might yield better results, or maybe export using compressor and its frame control scaling. Good luck.
/matt
it usually doesn't matter much. some effects are better before and some after for obvious reasons, cc is pretty much the same unless you're doing secondaries.
