Converting HD to SD

colins wrote on 4/6/2009, 10:39 AM

Can you give me some advice please?

I have just finished filming a wedding where the customer asked for it to be filmed in HDV (so that he could have keep the source files for later) but wants the output DVD in SD (as he hasn't got a Blu-ray device yet).

I have filmed and now captured the files to Vegas 8.01b as HDV. Now the question.

Do I edit in HDV and render as SD? Or do I Render the files to SD and then edit? Obviously the quicker way is option 1.

What's the best way for quality of output please?

Thanks for your help, Colin

Comments

rs170a wrote on 4/6/2009, 10:43 AM

Option 1 is definitely the way to go.

Mike

daryl wrote on 4/6/2009, 10:58 AM

I second the motion!

colins wrote on 4/6/2009, 11:34 AM

Many thanks Mike and Daryl. What a Forum - this is the only one I have ever been on where you get fast, informed and friendly advice. Thanks again guys, Colin

Christian de Godzinsky wrote on 4/6/2009, 11:53 AM

Hi,

Edit your project with settings same as the majority of your timeline material. This way your preview is as smooth as possible.

Then render out in SD. But remember to select a deinterlace method (blend or interpolate), othervice the output quality suffers.

Always use deinterlace when going from one interlaced source to another, assuming the resolutions differ...

Christian

colins wrote on 4/6/2009, 12:16 PM

Thanks Christian. Can you kindly walk me through how to do this please?

Colin

"But remember to select a deinterlace method (blend or interpolate), othervice the output quality suffers."

farss wrote on 4/6/2009, 1:04 PM

The setting that controls the De-Interlace method is in the Project Properties. Probably for a wedding Blend will be your best choice.

Bob.

colins wrote on 4/6/2009, 1:58 PM

Thanks Bob.

Christian de Godzinsky wrote on 4/8/2009, 12:25 AM

Hi John,

Which does a better job, Vegas or DVDA in rerendering from HD to SD? Have you compared the quality and render times? So far I have rendered out separately from Vegas into two different formats.. Your approach is the easiest if the final product is a DVD/BluRay with a menu structure and just not a single movie...

Christian