[Tig] How to do the SD to Film?

[Mikko Kuutti]

The crucial issue is whether the material is interlaced or not. If you  
are lucky, the footage was shot progressive. If not, use the best  
available de-interlacer.

After that is dealt with, you should look at how you want to map the  
SD dynamics onto film. This will depend on the material – some extreme  
grading just won't look good on the big screen like blown out super- 
white... You also need to somehow deal with colour space conversion.  
You may need manual grading and a custom lut.

Finally, a sophisticated choice of up-rezing algorithm can make a  
noticeable difference in image sharpness.

Best,

Mikko

Mikko Kuutti
Deputy Director
National Audiovisual Archive (former Finnish Film Archive)
Pursimiehenkatu 29-31 A / P.O. Box 177, FI-00151 Helsinki, Finland
tel. +358 9 6154 0254, mobile +358 40 900 0455




On 25.2.2008, at 11.10, Leo Liao wrote:

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> Hi guys,
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> We have a SD PAL 25Frame/S tape for commercial, and we want to shoot  
> it on
> 35mm film by our ARRILaser, what is the best way to do this? We have
> Autodesk Smoke, Lustre, Flame, Shake, and Final Cut Pro. Here is our  
> plan:
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> 1, Capture the SD tape into 720x576 .dpx or .cin files by Somke or  
> Flame,
> enlarge it to a resolution which is best for the film.
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> What is the best resolution?
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> 2, Convert it into RGB 10bit log space by Shake or other applications
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> 3, Shoot it by Arrilaser
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> Is there any problem in our plan?
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> We have local sound-processing companies to deal with the sound  
> part, they
> can slow down the 25Hz to 24Hz and print it into the sound track on  
> film.
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> Liao
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> Liao.zd at gmail.com
>
> Beijing China
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