Kary has the basics down. I use a Canon HV20 and shoot in "24P". It's not actually 24 progressive frames per second. It records 24 progressive frames across 60 interlaced frames.
What this means is you have to do a double process. The first one is to import the video as HDV into Final Cut. Once you do that, you use "reveal in finder" to find the clips in your capture scratch bin, then you import those files into Compressor. There are some settings you have to make... something like setting deinterlacing to "reverse telecine" and setting the fps to 23.978 and probably some other stuff, but that's outlined in the Apple docs. You only have to do it once, and then you use that preset for every clip you import. As you can tell, time-wise, that's a drag. Another thing you can do, assuming you're not delivering in 1080 is set up your Compressor preset to translate the footage to 1280x720. Oh, that's another thing. Translate the HDV footage into Apple ProRes. Anyway, once all that's done, the video's great. :) Once you set it up in Compressor, the process takes a long time, but your final result's fantastic for $700. Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Kary Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apple has some info on the HV-20/Final Cut workflow to get 1080p24 footage > into the editor. Short version is you have to import it as 60i and then > reverse telecine each clip with either Cinema Tools or Compressor. > > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306389 > > Good luck, > > -- > Kary Rogers > http://karyhead.com > http://goodcommitment.tv > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:53 PM, eric gunnar rochow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > hey everyone, > > > > i recently bought a Canon HV-20 to complement my larger camera, the > > Canon XHA1. > > > > i usually shoot in 24P mode with the XHA1. > > > > i was under the impression that the HV-20 could shoot in 24P, but i > > now learn that it shoots in a 'sort-of 24P' mode that is then > > 'wrapped' in a 60i format. > > > > when you import the footage into FInal Cut, it is a 60i file. > > > > i shoot in progressive ( P format ) specifically for the web, and now > > it looks like i will have to de-interlace this HV-20 footage before > > uploading to Blip, etc. > > > > Does anyone have any experience with this or suggestions? > > > > i just learned that Canon's new camera , the HV-30 shoots in true > > 30P, so i may be selling this one and getting the new model , as i > > really want the progressive format. > > > > thx, eric. www.gree-house.tv > > > > Gardenfork and Real World Green > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
