Proper way to combine/downres 1080p w/ 720p in FCP

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Micah D

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Hello all,

I'm about to start editing some footage from my T2i and I was wondering what the proper way is to downres 1080p footage in order to combine it 60fps 720p video.

The method I had been using before was to simply create a 720p sequence and drop 1080p files into it. Is this alright or am I doing something incorrectly?

Thanks,
Micah
 
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Micah D said:
Hello all,

I'm about to start editing some footage from my T2i and I was wondering what the proper way is to downres 1080p footage in order to combine it 60fps 720p video.

The method I had been using before was to simply create a 720p sequence and drop 1080p files into it. Is this alright or am I doing something incorrectly?

Thanks,
Micah
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I believe you have that backwards..... Work in a 1080p sequence and conform the 720p 60fps to 1080p 24 fps and you will get nice slow motion.
 
Depends of the quality of your 720p footage... if its low light and a bit grainy, perhaps scaling it up will make it even worst...
 
life4eva said:
I believe you have that backwards..... Work in a 1080p sequence and conform the 720p 60fps to 1080p 24 fps and you will get nice slow motion.
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Sorry, didn't mean to say that I drop 1080p 24fps footage into a 60fps timeline. Rather, what I've been doing is creating a 720p 24fps timeline and dropping both kinds of footage into that.

My reasoning is that 1080p really doesn't seem necessary for web stuff, given size considerations and the relative difference in quality etc., hence upresing doesn't really seem worth it.

Still, is that kind of timeline/workflow appropriate?
 
Micah D said:
Sorry, didn't mean to say that I drop 1080p 24fps footage into a 60fps timeline. Rather, what I've been doing is creating a 720p 24fps timeline and dropping both kinds of footage into that.

My reasoning is that 1080p really doesn't seem necessary for web stuff, given size considerations and the relative difference in quality etc., hence upresing doesn't really seem worth it.

Still, is that kind of timeline/workflow appropriate?
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When you create your sequence it should ALWAYS match your clips settings. If you choose to export to lower resolution or format then this is fine. Your clips are NOT 720p 24fps, they are 1080p 24fps and 720p 60fps.

Two reasons we shoot in 720p, if you want to do slow motion or if you want to use a Live Look. Personally the ONLY reason I would mix 720p 60fps and 1080p 24fps if I were going to use all of my 720p clips for slow motion.

Create your timeline/sequence to the exact settings of your files and you will be fine.

1080p 24fps ( or 23.98 or something like that if you want to be technical )
 
life4eva said:
When you create your sequence it should ALWAYS match your clips settings. If you choose to export to lower resolution or format then this is fine. Your clips are NOT 720p 24fps, they are 1080p 24fps and 720p 60fps.

Two reasons we shoot in 720p, if you want to do slow motion or if you want to use a Live Look. Personally the ONLY reason I would mix 720p 60fps and 1080p 24fps if I were going to use all of my 720p clips for slow motion.

Create your timeline/sequence to the exact settings of your files and you will be fine.

1080p 24fps ( or 23.98 or something like that if you want to be technical )
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K cool. So now I'll drop 1080p files into their proper 24fps timeline instead of a compromised 720p 24fps timeline. But the problem of combining the two still remains. I'm only using 3 or 4 60fps clips in slow mo at 24fps, so should I just upres them and then drop them in the 1080p timeline?

Thanks.
 
Micah D said:
K cool. So now I'll drop 1080p files into their proper 24fps timeline instead of a compromised 720p 24fps timeline. But the problem of combining the two still remains. I'm only using 3 or 4 60fps clips in slow mo at 24fps, so should I just upres them and then drop them in the 1080p timeline?

Thanks.
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Create your 1080p timeline and put your 720p files in there as well as your other 1080p files. Conform your files ( 720p 60fps) in Fcp via Cinema Tools to 1080p 24fps, if that's what you are using for slow motion. Then once your project is done you can export at whatever settings you want, Very simple process.....
 
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