T2i Resolution opinions????

Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston

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I took a little time off to shoot a spec commercial. 1080 29.97 with a T2i.
Everything went well except for one of the last shots. I was standing on a big electrical box on a street corner and was using a mono pod for stabilization. first take on the shot didn't go well (little to medium wobble in the shot) It immediately started raining so we called it quits because "I can fix it in post" came out of my mouth.

Shoved it into AE and did the stabilization but........

The tracking ended up showing the black background on a couple parts that really made the shot unuseable. (but I have to use it)

Question is...........
Would it be better to zoom in on this shot and lose some resolution or import all the footy into a 720p project and lose the resolution by going from a 1080 project to a 720 project?

The end product will be on a HD disk as well as also being shrunk down to a SD disk. (DVDs)
 
just do a slight slight zoom on the one shot is what I would do... You may not notice so much. How much "blackness" do you see?

Hard lesson learned, but your best solution seems to be the first one.

Or, you could go in frame by frame and rotoscope the blackness out by using the clone brush??
 
I think your first choice is best. You'll take a slight hit in resolution but it would be worth it inthe end(IMO).
 
I tried motion tile and it didn't work. (too noticable)

"Or, you could go in frame by frame and rotoscope the blackness out by using the clone brush??"
It's not a paying job so I don't really want to spend a whole bunch of time on it, but the young lady that acted for me did such a good job I really want to give her (and me) the best product I can.
I just don't have much exp with 720 vs 1080, so I didn't know how much a "real" resolution drop there is (visually) and it may not matter all that much as I'm planning on a little bit of the 8mm look being added in at the end of editing.
 
Zooming in a little should not be a noticeable difference, most people would hardly notice. You could do your final export in 720. That should make things look pretty uniform, unless you zoomed in to that one shot further than 720 resolution. Either way you should be fine. Good luck with the project!
 
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