Downscale 1080i to standard DVD DV/PAL
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- Diaz
Hi!
Does anybody know how to downscale a HD 1080p video clip to DVD/PAL (720x576px). When I try doing a rescaling in both AfterEffects and Premiere Pro, I get a video quality of standard VHS. How do I downscale and keep the quality?
Thanks,
Diaz
- scarabin0
try an app called mediafork, that should let you convert to any size
- Diaz0
Is there a way to do this with Adobe After Effects or Adobe Premiere Pro?
- xcreonx0
What frame rate is your 1080p at? Is it PAL as well? Is it true HD 1920x1080 or HDV 1440x1080?
- Diaz0
The video clip is at 1440x1080p/25fps. I read yesterday that that type of downscaling is not possible without the loss of quality.
So instead I would like to downscale from 1440x1080 to 1280x720p/25fps - is this possible in After Effects and if so how?
Best regards,
Diaz
- Diaz0
Ohh. Thats right. It is PAL, btw.
- akrokdesign0
get MPEG Streamclip, that should do it.
- differenz0
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Place the 1440×1080p video into composition.. thus creating the new composition. Import that "new composition" into 1280×720 square pixes "composition" and shrink it to fit.you can export that 1280×720 composition and you have web friendly HD format.
- airey0
mediafork got amalgamated into Handbrake in 07 so if you want to listen to scarabin go the newer version Handbrake (i think it's 093 or some such).
- Diaz0
@airey - Yeah I noticed it, when I found it. I tried handbrake and downloaded a bunch of drivers and still had to buy a MPEG-2 Playback Compontent. Thanks for your info. :)
- chossy0
There is absolutely no reason what so ever than down scaling your video should lose quality I do this all day every day and have never ever had an issue when downscaling. In either AE motion Final cut quicktime pro episode pro in fact in any application I have used.
You are missing something fundamental in your downscaling process. Make sure field dominance is the same for your SD as it is for your HD make sure all your quality switches are set to best make sure your pixel aspect ratio is correct etc. etc. It is exactly like downscaling a jpg in photoshop it should never ever lose quality.
- chossy0
Also, I hope you are not downscaling it and then monitoring it in HD..... because that would look exactly like VHS, in other words bringing it down to SD 720/576 then monitoring it at 1280 or higher.......
- The aim of this was to put the HD material in a DVD for clients to see. Is it possible?Diaz
- differenz0
I'm doing the method I've mentioned above in After Effects and works perfectly for me. Don't see what all the fuss is about.
Downscaling HD to SD does downgrade quality and resolution!
Thing is, if you have HD footage you will play it on HD displays, HD video services like youtube and vimeo and so on (although they play 1280×576 web friendly HD).
My need to downscale HD to SD is mostly for television broadcast. Shrinking HD footage to SD for Digital Beta. I either downscale it to 720×576 with letterbox or 1024×576 for widescreen dvd's.
Simple.