Hi Ed -
Just tried basically the same thing, and the only time I got any softness
was when the HD shot was slightly out of focus. On an HD monitor it looked
fine, the SD downconvert looked great, but the "close-up" of the HD on an SD
timeline looked soft. Could this be the problem?
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Fraticelli" <edfrat(at)pmidigital.com>
To: <DS(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:39 AM
Subject: HD video in an SD Sequence
>
>
> Hello DS-land;
>
> I think I am missing something basic here. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Here's the basics: I have a shot from HDcam (1080i) of a wide shot of a
> set. I capture the HD shot and also the downconverted SD (from a Sony
> F500 deck).
>
> In an SD sequence I lay in the downconverted shot, which looks great.
> Then I "cut" to the HD shot to produce a "close-up" of the same shot.
> No DVE, just the HD shot with Media Conversion set to Center-No Scale
> option.
>
> The problem is the "close-up" looks very soft. Technically, there is no
> scaling going on here, I would think. Just a 720 x 486 "cut" of the HD
> shot in an SD frame.
>
> Any idea what is going on here? I am sure I tested this before and it
> worked OK.
>
> DS-HD V6 Equinox
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ed at PMI
> Pittsburgh, PA
> USA
>
>
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