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aleebee156

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Hey everyone! I'm getting close to my 100th post now! right now im at about 80% of me asking questions, and 20% giving my advice/support, lol, hopefully i will be able to switch the two around at some point!

Anyways, Got my new HPX170, i've done some test shots, and a few short edits. Shooting a wedding on friday and was planning on shooting 720/60p. Then i started thinking that i am going to be outputting to an SD DVD, and was thinking that maybe 720/60p isnt the best for that? with my DVX i always shot 24pA for DVD output. should i shoot 720/24pN for DVD output with the HPX170? Im not worried in anyway about getting a film like look, the bride would rather have the clearest ESPN look. Maybe thats my answer right there... either way:

if i shoot 720/60p, will it output to SD DVD ok? or would 720/24pN be better? or any other great ideas?

Edits:
720/60p: i would edit in a 59.94fps timeline, DVCPro HD 720p/60 Easy set up in FCP

720/24pN: edit with Easy set up DVCPro HD 720p/24 and edit with the 23.98fps timeline.

I'm still thinking 720p/60... but if im WAY off in my thinking let me know.

I have the P2 space to shoot the 720/60p, editing on FCS2 on my iMac.


Thanks again DVXUsers! hopefully we can have another enjoyable conversation :thumbsup:
 
60p will be more espn hyper real. plus will make for extremely smooth sd interlace
 
Dick, do you have any wedding footage posted online anywhere? obviously it uslually turns out pretty good if you always shoot 720/24pn.

Maybe you could give me a few more details about what your basic workflow is when you shoot weddings. settings you use in FCP, do you color correct in Color or just in FCP? and do you use compressor or just make a self contained QT then bring that into DVDSP?
 
If the Bride doesn't want a film look, then you should probably shoot 720/60p. Both 60p and 24pN look great on DVD. 60p footage will use 59.94 in FCP. Edit and export using Compressor. Select the best quality DVD encode and you're done. If you want to tweak the encode settings, you can. I usually pump up the bitrate from the default 6.2mbps.
 
My wedding reel is a bit dated (probably need to work on that, but brides don't know the diff), plus it has footage from a variety of cams.

I use two cams for the ceremony, WB both to same card/lighting, and use standard settings in FCP, with multi-cam of course. I use FCP for color, but I do very little, usually taking what I get as long as both cams balance (sometimes not the case of course).

I export a QT and use Compressor, Best Quality for each track (ceremony, reception, etc.), then to DVDSP. So far, looks great when played ona HDTV with an up-converting DVD player.

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks to both of you.

DGW- when you pump up the bitrate from the default of 6.2mbps, what do you bump it up to, and does it matter what you put it at? Lets say you go to the extremes and put it all the way down or all the way up... what will happen at each extreme? Basically, what does the bit-rate control? I know, I know, i should know this... but I dont.
 
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