How to export for Progressive and Interlaced

Ledhed · 15th January 2007, 21:14

I co-own a media productions business and my current client is sending a video were are doing out to their own clients. I am sure that many of the DVDs will be played on a computer though some will probably be played through a regular DVD player.

My question is if there is any way to create a file that looks good on both a progressive and an interlaced monitor. If not, what would be the best way to export?

I use Premiere Pro 1.5 and Encore DVD for the disc creation

Thanks,
Jack

Zarxrax · 15th January 2007, 21:19

Well if your source video is progressive, then you can just export it as progressive and set the mpeg-2 flags to do 3:2 pulldown on playback. I don't know how to do that with encore though. It's probably automatic.

Ledhed · 15th January 2007, 21:22

I'm not really sure what that means... I have been reading the Adobe primers on compression etc. but have a limited knowledge on the innerworkings of the DV and DVD standard. I can export the AVI as progressive. Is that what you mean? Or are you asking if it was filmed in PS? (Which it wasn't, used a Canon SD DV Optura Xi)

neuron2 · 15th January 2007, 21:25

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Ledhed · 15th January 2007, 21:28

I'm sorry, but I cannot change my thread title (Would "how to export for Progressive and Interlaced" work better?) I was not trying to ask a question that would lead to opinionated answers.

neuron2 · 15th January 2007, 21:39

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krisq · 17th January 2007, 10:50

Almost all software players has somekind of deinterlacing method implemnted so I think I would go for interlaced. That is if your source is interlaced of course.

Mug Funky · 25th January 2007, 06:49

yep. keep it interlaced unless you absolutely have to deinterlace it. and if you do have to, don't let premiere do it - it'll make it look stairstepped and awful. there's plugins for it that might work better, and if you're feeling adventurous you can use avisynth to do it.

to understand how to work with interlaced footage in premiere, you'll have to understand field order. there's a few resources around about this.

basically, if your source is DV it will be bottom-field first (or "lower field", or "field B dominant", or any of the other ways it's referred to that add to the confusion).

if you have ex-DVD footage it could be either top-field or bottom-field (usually top-field, but it depends where the source for the DVD came from). you'll have to keep a TV plugged in and watch everything you do for jitters, judders and aliasing.

so long as you have an understanding of field order, a decent TV out ability and a TV to preview on, you'll be fine.

Ledhed · 25th January 2007, 08:15

Thanks for the help

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Ledhed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	How to export for Progressive and Interlaced I co-own a media productions business and my current client is sending a video were are doing out to their own clients. I am sure that many of the DVDs will be played on a computer though some will probably be played through a regular DVD player. My question is if there is any way to create a file that looks good on both a progressive and an interlaced monitor. If not, what would be the best way to export? I use Premiere Pro 1.5 and Encore DVD for the disc creation Thanks, Jack Last edited by Ledhed; 16th January 2007 at 04:27.

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krisq Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 171	Almost all software players has somekind of deinterlacing method implemnted so I think I would go for interlaced. That is if your source is interlaced of course. __________________ (!sig) Last edited by krisq; 17th January 2007 at 16:01.

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Mug Funky interlace this! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: i'm in ur transfers, addin noise Posts: 4,267	yep. keep it interlaced unless you absolutely have to deinterlace it. and if you do have to, don't let premiere do it - it'll make it look stairstepped and awful. there's plugins for it that might work better, and if you're feeling adventurous you can use avisynth to do it. to understand how to work with interlaced footage in premiere, you'll have to understand field order. there's a few resources around about this. basically, if your source is DV it will be bottom-field first (or "lower field", or "field B dominant", or any of the other ways it's referred to that add to the confusion). if you have ex-DVD footage it could be either top-field or bottom-field (usually top-field, but it depends where the source for the DVD came from). you'll have to keep a TV plugged in and watch everything you do for jitters, judders and aliasing. so long as you have an understanding of field order, a decent TV out ability and a TV to preview on, you'll be fine. __________________ interlace... right or wrong, just deal with it.

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15th January 2007, 21:19	#2 \| Link
Zarxrax Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 942	Well if your source video is progressive, then you can just export it as progressive and set the mpeg-2 flags to do 3:2 pulldown on playback. I don't know how to do that with encore though. It's probably automatic.

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Ledhed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	I'm not really sure what that means... I have been reading the Adobe primers on compression etc. but have a limited knowledge on the innerworkings of the DV and DVD standard. I can export the AVI as progressive. Is that what you mean? Or are you asking if it was filmed in PS? (Which it wasn't, used a Canon SD DV Optura Xi)

15th January 2007, 21:28	#5 \| Link
Ledhed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	I'm sorry, but I cannot change my thread title (Would "how to export for Progressive and Interlaced" work better?) I was not trying to ask a question that would lead to opinionated answers.

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neuron2 _ Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,643	To change your title, edit the first post in the thread and then hit Go Advanced. Thank you for your understanding and welcome to the forum!

25th January 2007, 08:15	#9 \| Link
Ledhed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	Thanks for the help