Progressive Scan vs. Interlaced

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

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Dec 13, 2009 17:11

It's my off season for video production and I and trying new things, so I find that I have more questions than answers lately. So... I see people talking about their video is interlaced and they want it to be progressive. How do you know, other than just knowing what type your camera produces? Is there a feature in PD, or a third party program that will tell me which one my video is? I can often tell by taking a screen shot, but there must be an easier way. __________________________________
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CLD

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 23, 2007 02:05 Messages: 925 Offline

Dec 13, 2009 21:14

Hi Jaime,

If you place a clip on the timeline, right click on it and select Set TV Format, PowerDirector scans the clip and tells you what format it is.

It also lets you change the format if you wanted to.

Let me know if this answers some of your questions.
Regards,
David

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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Dec 13, 2009 23:15

Thank you. That was it. I looked at all of the properties, but I didn't even think to look at TV format. __________________________________
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vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

Dec 14, 2009 16:22

Hi Jaime,

If you're interested in delving further try these two links as a starter :-

http://searchwarp.com/swa21525.htm
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/video2.htm

This link, as it says, is mainly for avidemux but it does show the complexities involved in the h.264 codec, where the traditional boundaries between interlaced and progressive are blurred, and it shows how complex current editing/rendering software has to be to properly deal with all the variables, particularly things like motion estimation.

http://avidemux.org/admWiki/index.php?title=H264

They say it's a simple ??? guide - way over my head tho'.

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Pierpaolo P

Newbie Joined: Dec 08, 2009 12:11 Messages: 23 Offline

Dec 14, 2009 17:47

Hi,
Can PD mix togher interlace and progressive clips to produce a final movie in one of the two format?
If so, what should i do?

Thanks