Conforming HD scanned film to 1920x1080p

I've been supplied with two sets of 35mm film scans:

2048 x 1556 @ 24fps
1900 x 1556 @ 24fps

I need to edit these and supply as 1.85:1/ 1920 x 1080p for Blu-ray authoring.

What would be the correct way to do this?

If you have to work in FCP7,
then i'd down-scale them first in Compressor,
padding as needed.


nick

I need to crop them frame top and bottom to match 1.85:1.

crop?
well you can do that in Compressor, too

cropping and padding are both in the geometry pane,
the one with the geometric shapes icon


nick

I'd use Compressor and choose Best for the Resize Filter the Frame Control pane. The added processing time is slight and the image is noticeably better.
If Compressor's Geometry pane is baffling, remember: the input image area minus its crop is mapped onto the output image area minus its padding.

Dennis Couzin
Berlin, Germany

"If Compressor's Geometry pane is baffling"

also, it allows you to preview the result.
at the top right of the preview window are two small buttons,
left previews the original, right previews the outcome.


nick