How To Downsize HD to SD? - GoFuckYourself.com

DeanCapture · 04-23-2011, 02:47 PM

I have a new client who is interested in licensing some of my non-exclusive scenes for DVD. He wants to market the DVD's to customers of his mailorder business. He's asking if I can downsize the 720P HD footage to SD. I've never done that before and have no idea how to do it to retain the best quality.

Anybody here have experience doing this? I'm working on Mac system and have Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro CS5.

tony286 · 04-23-2011, 02:53 PM

Rerdering the hd footage to a sd size should do it

Jim_Gunn · 04-23-2011, 02:55 PM

There are several ways to do this. I believe it is best to always capture or import your HD clips and edit in HD in Premiere Pro. Then you can start a new widescreen SD project in Premiere Pro (720 x 480 with a 1.33 pixel aspect ratio) and then import the original HD project into that SD project. You then scale down the videos on the timeline and export either SD DV AVIs from there or separate mpeg-2 and wav files which you can then import into an authoring program to automatically create a simple playable DVD movie with letterboxed SD video or author a DVD program in Encore with menus and interactivity.

dyna mo · 04-23-2011, 02:55 PM

this is how i do it in cs 3

file->export->media encoder

in media encoder, i select mpeg2 then ntsc dv high quality

OnanistsCash · 04-23-2011, 03:17 PM

ffmpeg -i hdmovie.formatextension -sameq -s 720x576 sdmovieout.formatextension

Contact me Dean and i will help you set up this command line tool which you can easily run to do it all fast and automated on linux or windows, btw, i would also be interested on purchashing some of your non-exclusive scenes at the same time

Take care bro! My admires for your work!

DeanCapture · 04-23-2011, 03:33 PM

Thanks guys!!!

OnanistsCash, I will contact you regarding the non-exclusive scenes.

NaughtyRob · 04-23-2011, 03:40 PM

I use Pinnacle HD and do the same thing. Select mpeg2

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Originally Posted by dyna mo

this is how i do it in cs 3

file->export->media encoder

in media encoder, i select mpeg2 then ntsc dv high quality

clicker · 04-23-2011, 08:50 PM

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marlboroack · 04-23-2011, 11:30 PM

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DeanCapture Haters & Trolls SUCK! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 9,275	How To Downsize HD to SD? I have a new client who is interested in licensing some of my non-exclusive scenes for DVD. He wants to market the DVD's to customers of his mailorder business. He's asking if I can downsize the 720P HD footage to SD. I've never done that before and have no idea how to do it to retain the best quality. Anybody here have experience doing this? I'm working on Mac system and have Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro CS5. __________________ Twitter: @DeanCapture Instagram: @TheDeanCapture DeanCapture "at" Gmail.com

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DeanCapture Haters & Trolls SUCK! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 9,275	Thanks guys!!! OnanistsCash, I will contact you regarding the non-exclusive scenes. __________________ Twitter: @DeanCapture Instagram: @TheDeanCapture DeanCapture "at" Gmail.com

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tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	Rerdering the hd footage to a sd size should do it

04-23-2011, 02:55 PM	#3
Jim_Gunn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Where The Teens Are Posts: 5,702	There are several ways to do this. I believe it is best to always capture or import your HD clips and edit in HD in Premiere Pro. Then you can start a new widescreen SD project in Premiere Pro (720 x 480 with a 1.33 pixel aspect ratio) and then import the original HD project into that SD project. You then scale down the videos on the timeline and export either SD DV AVIs from there or separate mpeg-2 and wav files which you can then import into an authoring program to automatically create a simple playable DVD movie with letterboxed SD video or author a DVD program in Encore with menus and interactivity.

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dyna mo The People's Post Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: invisible 7-11 Posts: 66,273	this is how i do it in cs 3 file->export->media encoder in media encoder, i select mpeg2 then ntsc dv high quality

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