Downgrading HDV footage to DV Footage?

[foochuck]

I'm shooting with a Sony HDR-FX1 (in HDV 16:9 format) and using Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.

I'd like to shoot all of my foot agein HDV Widescreen - whether I'm going to edit it in DV 4:3 format, DV 16:9 format or HDV 16:9..etc...

Anyway, what I'm not sure of is how to downgrade my HDV footage to either DV 4:3 or DV 16:9?

Do I have to capture it in HDV in Premiere and then downgrade it or can I capture it in the format I want directly from the camera firewire?

If anyone is familiar with this please share some knowledge on the subject!

Thanks

[edDV]

The FX1 is sold as a consumer model. Does it have hardware downscale to DV like the HC1 or HC3?

This should be in your manual.

If the FX1 doesn't have hardware downscale, you have a long software downscale process in front of you.

It you do this, target wide screen 480i.

4:3 will get you letterbox.

[Guiboche]

Well, if your aquisition footage is HDV 16:9 format, I don't know why you wouldn't want to keep it that way.

But, if you want to downgrade for the purpose of a standard definition master I understand that.

In that case, it would be the very LAST thing.

Finish the project in HDV 16:9 then downgrade. It will also be quicker and easier than downconverting all the raw footage.

[edDV]

Well, if your aquisition footage is HDV 16:9 format, I don't know why you wouldn't want to keep it that way.

But, if you want to downgrade for the purpose of a standard definition master I understand that.

In that case, it would be the very LAST thing.

Finish the project in HDV 16:9 then downgrade. It will also be quicker and easier than downconverting all the raw footage.

Yes, the few HDV projects I've done were editied HDV and stored back to HDV tape as an edit master. Then I used the camcorder hardware downscale to 480i IEEE-1394 to do a DVD dub. That way I still have the 1440x1080i HDV edit master for the future.

[dun4cheap]

Adobe should be able to do it for you. I use Avid Liquid 7 with my Canon HV10. I do all of my editing in HDV2. When I am ready I simply export it to DVD and it will automatically resize it. Then when Blue Ray or HD DVD recorder are cheaper I can simply export my same timeline to the HD formats.

I am not sure if Premiere offers this via the timeline like liquid does.

[edDV]

Adobe should be able to do it for you. I use Avid Liquid 7 with my Canon HV10. I do all of my editing in HDV2. When I am ready I simply export it to DVD and it will automatically resize it. Then when Blue Ray or HD DVD recorder are cheaper I can simply export my same timeline to the HD formats.

I am not sure if Premiere offers this via the timeline like liquid does.

Premiere and Vegas will do the downscale in the encoder software but the processing is very slow. The quality may be slightly better than the camcorder's hardware downscaler but the hardware is real time*.



*Actually for a 60min program, it takes 60min to "print to tape" from the HDV timeline and then another 60min to hardware downscale capture to 720x480i over IEEE-1394.