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1. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
Ann Bens Jul 1, 2010 10:52 AM (in response to emin3m33)If your output is BluRay then uprezzing of the XL is best be done with Red Giant Instant HD.
http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/magic-bullet-instant-hd/
If output is DVD, downscale the footage from the A1 to dv and edit in an SD timeline.
If uprezzing for a HDV timeline and then bringing it down to sd for DVD gives one unnecessary conversion.
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2. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 1, 2010 11:00 AM (in response to Ann Bens)how do I downscale the hdv footage? Because When I tried to capture in an sd project, it wouldnt recognize the XHA1.
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3. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 1, 2010 11:01 AM (in response to emin3m33)Also. Can I export an HD project and just put it on a regular DVD? I dont really want to go down to an sd project for the fear of losing quality. Thanks for your help.
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4. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 1, 2010 11:03 AM (in response to emin3m33)and lastly. sorry for all the posts, but InstantHD by RED GIANT doesnt support adobe premiere cs4 or cs5. they only support after effects. Any light on this? I actually have Instant HD but it wont let me install because I think I have windows 7 64 bit.
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5. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
SFL46 Jul 1, 2010 2:45 PM (in response to emin3m33)I have used BorisFx BCC Uprez filter for
converting 720 x 480 SD to 1440 x 1080 HDV.
It has flexibile settings and includes sharpening
If your SD video clip is good quality the conversion has been good.
This works as a pluggin to either AE of PrPro --but not CS5. If you still have CS4 on your machine it will run in that program even with Windows 7 64 bit (as it runs in 32 bit compatibility mode, just as CS4 does) CS5 is natively 64 bit and the 32 bit 3rd party effects no longer work
The XHA1 SD stream should be able to be capture by PrPro--I do it all the time. This is most likely a camera setting problem, and I can almost predict that you have set the output in the camera menu to be AUTO. This doesn't work you need to set either HDV or SD as appropriate.
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6. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
shooternz Jul 1, 2010 2:48 PM (in response to emin3m33)FWIW: Instant HD works in my CS4 suite.
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7. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 7:45 AM (in response to shooternz)Thank you last 2 guys for your insightfulness. The problem is I actually have InstantHD, but as soon as I try to install it, it freezes up on me. Am wondering if thats a 64 bit problem. Ok, I will try the Boris out and contact RED. Any more suggestions would be appreciated.
BTW. Once my project is completed, can I export to a regular DVD instead of BluRay? or is HD only compatible with blu ray
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8. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 7:50 AM (in response to emin3m33)InstantHD is MUCH cheaper than the boris. How do you guys afford this software?
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9. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 7:52 AM (in response to emin3m33)And do you know if the BCC v6 will convert to hd as well? Because one of my friends has it.
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10. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
JSS1138 Jul 2, 2010 8:03 AM (in response to emin3m33)How do you guys afford this software?
A lot of us are professionals who get paid for this work.
Harm is just really good at investments.
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11. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 8:12 AM (in response to JSS1138)ya. But im a software engineer with a small wedding videography side business. And its all still very expensive for me. Wish the $1000 premiere pro had this feature built in. Its a pain in the ***
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12. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
Ann Bens Jul 2, 2010 8:42 AM (in response to emin3m33)You can burn HD content (about 20 minutes for a SL) on a DVD but you need to have a BR-player to play the disk.
So if the end product is going to be dvd the easiest way is to downconvert in the camera.
You film in hdv and capture in DV.
To capture hdv in DV you set the camara menu to Downconvert and Premiere to DV settings.
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13. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 10:01 AM (in response to Ann Bens)Do you know if I have to set the camera settings to downconvert before i shoot the footage or can it be after? If it is after, Im screwed for now. But if it is before, how much of a quality loss is there? Thanks
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14. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
Ann Bens Jul 2, 2010 11:57 AM (in response to emin3m33)No you are not screwed.
You can always re-edit in HDV.
In the A1 downconverted HDV to DV gives better quality than the XL2 does. (better chip, better technology)
You either set the camera to HDV or to DV befor filming.
My advice is film in HDV, later on you can always decide what you want to do.
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15. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 12:05 PM (in response to Ann Bens)Ok. But now my question is.. how do I downconvert the hdv footage to dv? i dont think premiere has that feature. I like that idea better than upgrading the xl2 to hd since I'm still only putting this project on a dvd. So do now create a dv project and capture in dv mode? Or is there some other way adobe has thats easier? Thanks
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SFL46 Jul 2, 2010 2:29 PM (in response to emin3m33)"InstantHD is MUCH cheaper than the boris. How do you guys afford this software?"
Boris was selling the Uprez filter separately for $99. I could not afford the full BCC--I do this as a hobby.
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17. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
Ann Bens Jul 2, 2010 3:00 PM (in response to emin3m33)Set a dv project up in Premiere and set your camera to downconverting as i already explained.
Please read the manual of your camera how to capture your hdv tape to dv.
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18. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
Bill Hunt Jul 2, 2010 3:13 PM (in response to emin3m33)Jeff Bellune has a tutorial on Converting HD to SD, that you might find useful and interesting.
Good luck,
Hunt
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19. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 5:37 PM (in response to emin3m33)Guys, I got Instant HD and I started playing around with it. Surprise surprise, it doesnt work good. Ive importing the sd footage into an sdsequence. I then used InstantHD to change the resolution to 1440x1080. Then I exported the uprezd footage to my hd sequence. And it doesnt fn work. It takes up half the screen again and it did nothing!!!. I played around by stretching it, using other hd filters, playing around with percentage. I dont know. Nothing works. I also tried downgrading the hd footage using RedGiant and doing everything in an sd sequence. But same thing. SD footage is fine, but hd is zoomed in like 200%
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20. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
emin3m33 Jul 2, 2010 5:59 PM (in response to emin3m33)once i apply my instant hd effect, the image doesnt scale in the canvas window to fit the master sequence size. I make sure the output size is 1440x1080 just like the xh a1
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21. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
Jeff Bellune Jul 4, 2010 8:25 AM (in response to Bill Hunt)And since the function's full name is hd2sd_sd2hd, you can use it to try and uprez SD footage. I haven't experimented much with that feature, but if it's possible to get usable quality from any up-scaling process, you'll be able to get it using Dan's script. Plus, all the tools are free.
-Jeff
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22. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
lmenningen Jul 4, 2010 3:02 PM (in response to emin3m33)function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
emin3m33 wrote:
Ok. But now my question is.. how do I downconvert the hdv footage to dv? i dont think premiere has that feature...
Why do you have to? With all my cameras I take 1920x1080i and do all the work in PPro CS5, then export with full dimensions and bit rate. The files are then inported into Encore and when it is time to do a Build, the Build panel has a drop down for Blu-Ray vice DVD. I just choose DVD and what it writes on the DVD is correct, so I never had to perform an explicit down-convert process. -
23. Re: Uprezzing sd footage to hd?
shooternz Jul 4, 2010 3:08 PM (in response to emin3m33)Guys, I got Instant HD and I started playing around with it. Surprise surprise, it doesnt work good. Ive importing the sd footage into an sdsequence
You did it all wrong.
You bring the SD clip into a HD sequence then apply Instant HD




