bbalser
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I got a PM asking about this. It's more typing than I normally do on these boards, unless I'm ranting uncontrollably about something unimportant. So I figured I'd just post this in case anyone else is interested, or has alternatives to these two methods.
Final Cut Studio going from PAL-HD to PAL-SD.
1- You have a Seqeuence you've edited in the Timeline window. That Sequence is PAL-HD. Make a new Sequence that is PAL-SD and open it in the Timeline window. Drag and drop your PAL-HD Sequence into that PAL-SD Sequence, render. Simple as that.
2- You have a Seqeuence you've edited in the Timeline window. That Sequence is PAL-HD. With that Sequence open in the Timeline Window, go to File > Export > Compressor. Or open Compressor and import your full rez QuickTime PAL-HD file. From the Settings drop down menu, go to Advanced Format Convertions, from there select DV PAL Anamorphic. Highlight that setting and in the Inspector wndow, go to the Encoder section (second button from left). Turn off Job Segmenting, set Video to Enabled, set Audio to Pass-Through. Go to the next button to the right, Frame Controls. Set Frame Controls to Custom. Resize Filter to Best. Output Fields, set for what PAL-SD is, I forget at the moment. Set Deinterlace to Best. Leave Adaptive Details checked. Set both sliders in those two sliders to "20" to start. If your video is not clear, try higher and higher settings. These two sliders, 20 won't do very much, so it's a safe number to start with. It should be fine, but if not, you can experiment with notching them up. Set Rate Converstion to Best. Encode overnight, it may take some time, as this is a very intensive process that will give you good results.
This second method was taken directly from the book, "Compressor Quick-Reference Guide." It's only about $23.00 (USD) and packed with good info. A "must have" book for any FCP user.
Final Cut Studio going from PAL-HD to PAL-SD.
1- You have a Seqeuence you've edited in the Timeline window. That Sequence is PAL-HD. Make a new Sequence that is PAL-SD and open it in the Timeline window. Drag and drop your PAL-HD Sequence into that PAL-SD Sequence, render. Simple as that.
2- You have a Seqeuence you've edited in the Timeline window. That Sequence is PAL-HD. With that Sequence open in the Timeline Window, go to File > Export > Compressor. Or open Compressor and import your full rez QuickTime PAL-HD file. From the Settings drop down menu, go to Advanced Format Convertions, from there select DV PAL Anamorphic. Highlight that setting and in the Inspector wndow, go to the Encoder section (second button from left). Turn off Job Segmenting, set Video to Enabled, set Audio to Pass-Through. Go to the next button to the right, Frame Controls. Set Frame Controls to Custom. Resize Filter to Best. Output Fields, set for what PAL-SD is, I forget at the moment. Set Deinterlace to Best. Leave Adaptive Details checked. Set both sliders in those two sliders to "20" to start. If your video is not clear, try higher and higher settings. These two sliders, 20 won't do very much, so it's a safe number to start with. It should be fine, but if not, you can experiment with notching them up. Set Rate Converstion to Best. Encode overnight, it may take some time, as this is a very intensive process that will give you good results.
This second method was taken directly from the book, "Compressor Quick-Reference Guide." It's only about $23.00 (USD) and packed with good info. A "must have" book for any FCP user.