Test for Red Giant's Instant HD

dvxwheelr

dvxwheelr

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Here are two clips from some dvx footage. I was doing a sound test by acting out a scene from Shakespeare. The fist picture is with the Instant HD plugin effect and the second picture is the source footage before the effect was applied.
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Sorry, I'm not sure how to get the pictures to post. But they are on Stickypod.com under my user name dvxwheelr
 
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Wow, there is a big difference, so that's the new Red Giant software? Was rendering long & how was the learning curve?
 
the SD picture looks like un rendered footage. Draft in pp 1.5

what are the resolutions of both pictures?
 
I think those pics are bs. Look at the space between the curtain and the right edge of the shelf in the background and compare the 2...notice anything? The space is bigger on the 1rst pic than the 2nd (This leads me to believe they are not the same picture) ((Unless the aspect ratio was changed))
 
Inoran said:
the source picture looks muchc worse than a typical dvx screen
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thats why i asked the question, because at full resolution, it wouldnt be that large on the screen, looks like its been matched to size up against the uprezzed one? I am correct in this asumption? If this is true, then WOW.
 
yeah guys, it looks worse than a typical DVX screen because its a normal 480 screen stretched to HD size, with no uprezzing.

the example looks very impressive to me
 
now, to keep the proportions equal, one should shoot in squeeze mod and then uprez correct? Ive tried with the trial version uprezzing my 4x3 standard def footage from the dvx100b and it made it slightly taller, so i had to squish it a little bit. Me thinks this is due to the fact that HD footage is standard 16x9, so its trying to convert it to a different aspect ratio. Where as if you shoot Squeeze mode, no problems?
 
Calling BS on this one as well. The bottom image is not what is to be expected by normal up-rezzing process, I should know, I do it all the time.

Here is an image right from the timeline being uprezzed by nothing more than Vegas. Shot 4x3 cropped 2.35:1
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Now it is definitly not comparable to true HD, but it looks much better than what wheeler is saying is a normal uprezz process.
 
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Lake Films said:
Wow, there is a big difference, so that's the new Red Giant software? Was rendering long & how was the learning curve?
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The learning curve was quick. I'm really not sure I did it correctly since Premiere Pro 1.5 has no HD presets. The thing I like about it is that detail increases but you still save the softness. The rendering was about a long as any other effect.
_dvxwheelr
 
HDkilledFILM. said:
Is Instant HD a sharpening effect or is it like rhino and scans the image at a high resolution?
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It expands the clip to HD resolution adding pixels. The footage can then be used in a HD project.
_dvxwheelr
 
PaPa said:
the SD picture looks like un rendered footage. Draft in pp 1.5

what are the resolutions of both pictures?
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720X480. As far as I can remember the SD clip was right from the camera. (It's an old clip). I'm really not sure about the resolution thing. I did an 1280X720 in Instant HD, but the result was a cropped close up (it was just as sharp as the 720X480). Maybe you can't get a true HD clip in Premiere Pro 1.5.
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