Question from my boss: He's planning on shooting an infomercial on HD -- not DVCPro HD or HDV, but true HD. He wants to capture at offline quality, DVCPro HD, and online later back to HD, so I'm doing some homework to know what to expect. We'll be doing tests as well -- capture test footage offline, then recapture online to test the waters. A couple of questions:
a) He wants to stay within a 24fps environment. I'm a little confused over that one. Is there a benefit to this other than to watch the image as it was shot? I'm under the impression that this thing is going to end up on broadcast where it will have to be 29.97fps. Is there a benefit to staying in 24fps? If we stay 24fps all the way through, including our future FCP timeline and exported movies, are we still good for DVD burns?
b) How different might the onlining process be? Is it similar to the "Offline RT" process described in the Andrew Balis article on www.kenstone.net (http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/offline_rt.html) -- ie. we must use Media Manager to create the new project and timeline at HD quality in order for FCP-created graphics, motion settings etc. to adapt themselves to the new image size?
c) What about graphics that aren't FCP-generated? For example, a TIFF resized for a 320x240 frame will be too small once the project is onlined to 720x480. Do zoom settings for such objects also get adjusted? Or do those have to be done by hand?
Directions and comments would be much appreciated.