Switching to 24P HD, first 15 minutes of movie are regular DV, is this a problem?

[monkey]

I have shot about 30-40 hours of regular DV footage for my movie. I am now switching to 24P HD now that I have purchased a HV20. The result is that the first 15 minutes of my movie are going to be standard DV while the other 115 minutes or so will be in HD 24P.

Is this a problem? Can this be done?

[Numbox]

It can be done, at least in Vegas, with no problems. If you're planning to output in DVD resolution, it should look ok, only for HD output you might see the difference between them since the dv resolution has to be stretched.

[Mark Dog2]

that and picture quality dv compared to hdv higer resloution maybe you can black and white the DV footage and give it a style transtion from that to the HDV footage just an idea

peace n luv

Mark Dog 2

[Numbox]

yea, sure, the first thing you need to learn is to transform any error in such way that it seems to be done like that intentionally :hv20-smilie81:

[sfdex]

Actually, aside from the resolution which will show most intensely if you're outputting to an HD format, the frame rate will be different, too. 24P is 24 frames per second and tends to look a little choppier than 60i standard video, when showing side-by-side. The 24P will feel more like footage from a theatrical-release movie when intercut with standard DV; it will stand out.

30 - 40 hours of footage for the first 15 minutes of your movie? Wow! That's a very high shooting ratio; good thing that DV tape is so cheap!

- Dex

[sfdex]

Forgot to add, you can mix resolution and frame rate on the timeline of a number of editing packages. Numbox suggests that Vegas can do it. Premiere Pro can, as well, and Final Cut Pro studio 2 (the next version due out later this month) is supposed to be able to do so, also. I'm not sure about any other packages.

[CJDaniels]

Forgot to add, you can mix resolution and frame rate on the timeline of a number of editing packages. Numbox suggests that Vegas can do it. Premiere Pro can, as well, and Final Cut Pro studio 2 (the next version due out later this month) is supposed to be able to do so, also. I'm not sure about any other packages.

Final Cut "Pro" Studio 2 has been out for 3 weeks, I have it. No issues with HV20, can mix framerate but it converts it to the first clips rate (as far as I understand).

[Numbox]

Numbox suggests that Vegas can do it.

Vegas can mix any kind of clip it can open. As far as framerate is concerened, it follows whatever your project settings are.