HDV - Ratios

swarrine wrote on 4/26/2005, 7:33 AM
Hi-

I have HDV footage 1920X1080. I have NTSC footage that I wish to have as a pop up window in its native size.

The problem is I do not have a monitor that can view HDV natively. When I view with Vegas under smart preview it reduces the HDV to 480 x 270 (preview). That is fine except when I drop in regular DV video it does not maintain the same ratio and the regular DV fills the screen.

I have looked around at aspect and pixel ratio settings and can't find the right combo.

Suggestions?

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Spot|DSE wrote on 4/26/2005, 7:38 AM
You're gonna have to crop part of the DV, since HDV has a pixel aspect of 1.333, and DV has a pixel of .909. HDV is also widescreen, and unless your DV is also widescreen, you've got the screen aspect ratio to consider too.
Put your project in an HD template, then bring in the DV. Right click the DV file to get pan/crop, and in pan/crop, right click to match aspect ratio.You'll see a small amount of stretch, you can use trackmotion to repair that if you wish to.
swarrine wrote on 4/26/2005, 8:45 AM
Hi Spot-

Thanks for your response.

The aspect ratio is on. I think preview is letting the different footages "fill" the frame. If it were truly maintaining both aspect equally the DV footage should be a little less than 1/4 of the HDV screen. Instead, DV fills up until the vertical limit.

I believe this is a function of preview and if I were able to view full screen 1920x1080 I would see the aspects as they should be. Unfortunately, there is no resizing in full mode and my screen is only 1280x1024.

Suggestions?
Spot|DSE wrote on 4/26/2005, 8:53 AM
Are you in V6? Do you have dual monitors?
If you have V6, you can fill the entire second monitor, set your project to the 720p template, you'll get full res, full screen.
That's my best suggestion. If you're on a single monitor without an external, it's gonna be a painful, and difficult experience trying to do HD because you can't see even half res.
With V5, you can still set it to full/auto, but fill the second screen.
kkolbo wrote on 4/26/2005, 9:07 AM
I think what he is talking about is the same thing I wish there was and easier way to do, but I have missed somewhere.

You have an HD project. 1920x1080.

I want to add DV to the timeline and not have it upscaled. I want it to only take up only the pixels for DV.

What I do now is drop the DV on the HD timeline. Then I go to Track motion and set the hieght to 480. It works.
swarrine wrote on 4/26/2005, 9:59 AM
kkolbo-

That is exactly what I meant but was unable to articulate.

I will try your solution.

Another favor, could you try to render a 2 sec cross disolve in HDV to a new track. I can't make it work for some reason. I just want to know if it is me or not.

Thanks for your help.