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Maintaining best quality while transferring HD to SD
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  • thepalaliasthepalalias

    Looks like @BriancLuce and I basically thought the same thing. :)

  • thepalaliasthepalalias

    -Normally what I do is output the full resolution master/digital intermediate from Vegas. -Then I open it up in VirtualDub, use the "resize" filter and switch the alogrithm to Lanczos3 and save the output .AVI. - If the DVD authoring program needs a different format, I convert it (sometimes with Vegas) to the desired format.

    Done.

    This is the "high quality" approach if you are using Vegas because the standard algos. used by most NLEs (GPU based super-scaling in newer Premiere Pro exempted) is bicubic or bilinear, both of which can cause or exacerbate moire patterns when downscaling and do not preserve detail as well as Lanczos3.

  • brianlucebrianluce

    Two good affordable solutions: 1) TMPGenc masterworks $90 2) Virtual Dub (FREE!) is good too but for me clunky to use compared to TMPG

    In both cases convert MTS files in Vegas to uncompressed AVI or Cineform (FREE!) before importing to above mentioned programs. You can do it within Vegas but the quality blows.

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