Shall i shoot 1080i or 1080p?

PaulGriffith

• Feb 18, 2011

• #2

You always shoot for your most important release, if it's DVD go interlaced. If it's online or BluRay, progressive. If they're both important, progressive. It looks better to interlace progressive footage than to de-interlace interlaced. Most Hollywood films are this way. Hope that helps!

 

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Absolution_Films

• Feb 18, 2011

• #3

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Absolution_Films

• Feb 18, 2011

• #4

haha i want the best for both outputs.

so would you suggest going progressive then interlace the footage in editing for DVD?

 

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wheatgrinder

• Feb 18, 2011

• #5

Yeah, progressive just give you MORE data then strictly needed for DVD playback. Youll have better quality in the final output.

 

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2001 Productions

• Feb 18, 2011

• #6

wheatgrinder said:

Yeah, progressive just give you MORE data then strictly needed for DVD playback.

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Well...sort of. With progressive each frame is recorded at full resolution. With interlaced, each field is recorded at half resolution, but there are twice as many of them. Technically, the amount of data is the same overall. Movement is smoother with interlaced, individual frames are sharper with progressive.

As Paul said, progressive is better for internet and Blue-ray because that is their native playback standard, while DVD (NTSC standard) is native interlaced.

 

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