William is right. Do not change frame rate nor frame size to avoid interpolation artefacts (ugly stuff). Marco
On 12 February 2013 10:12, William Gazecki <wgaze...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Yeah, transcode (that’s the proper technical term) to ProRes422. Probably > best to keep the same frame size and frame rate. Using ProsRes HQ is a > waste of hard drive space, and gains you nothing. Another thing to consider > also is what CODEC you are editing in. It’s a very good idea to transcode > into the same format the rest of your footage is in, or will be in when > you’re editing.**** > > William**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] *On > Behalf Of *Marco Poloni > *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2013 10:52 PM > *To:* Gene Youngblood; Experimental Film Discussion List > *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] mpeg-2**** > > ** ** > > as far as my knowledge of FCP goes, this software does not like compressed > files. it works well with apple's codecs, the best of them being > AppleProRes422 or AppleProRes422(HQ). “HQ” stands for high quality. it has > double the bitrate of the non-hq format, and weighs double in terms of file > size. if you convert from mpeg-2 which is a compressed format it is useless > to use HQ. to convert from MPEG-2 to AppleProRes422 use apple compressor or > the free app MPEG streamclip. apple compressor might already be in your > computer as it is part of the apple editing suite comprising FCP. it is > pretty forward to use. open the file you want to transcode, choose the > output format and the output destination, and run the program. likewise for > MPEG streamclip. > best, > marco**** > > On 11 February 2013 22:13, Gene Youngblood <ato...@comcast.net> wrote:**** > > Frameworkers: I’ve got an mpeg-2 video file that I want to import into FCP > version 6, but FCP doesn’t recognize it. What format should I convert it to > that FCP will accept? I’m not personally doing this, my assistant is, and > she’s learning. So us novices will appreciate your advice.**** > > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks**** > > > > > -- > – > marco poloni > usedomer strasse 8 > d – 13355 berlin > gsm +41.78.6322028 > skype marcopoloni **** > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- – marco poloni usedomer strasse 8 d – 13355 berlin gsm +41.78.6322028 skype marcopoloni
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