
You can customize your settings or you may make use of several preset resolutions to make it an easy task to integrate your DV video into your next High Definition production. If scaling from SD to HD or HDV the missing pixels must be generated and Instant HD provides a high quality method for the conversion. Scaling is the process of changing the pixel resolution of one image to another. It is aimed at the user for Final Cut Pro version 4.1 or later and After Effects version 6.0 or later along with a Mac OSX 10.3 G4 or higher with, at least, 512 gigs ram.Īnd just how does this work? Instant HD is primarily a scaling tool. Instant HD is a plug-in which is simply downloaded and placed in the Final Cut Pro or After Effects plug-ins folder. Instant HD may also be used to scale still images to HD, conform standard definition motion graphics for high definition broadcast, and, along with their Magic Bullet Suite, produce professional "film look" HD masters. Now the editor may be able to integrate their original SD video into their next HD or HDV project they can up-convert NTSC or PAL SD to HD convert web cam or cell phone source material to SD Video (not sure I will ever want to do this though) and be able to scale SD video for pan and scan adjustments. For all that it is capable of doing I am surprised. The cost of Instant HD is gratefully low. Red Giant's Instant HD to the rescue and what's more.IT WORKS. However, I shot that scene with a Sony DCR-VX2000 and now I use the Sony A1-U for my underwater work. It was close though and I really don't want to try that one again. Those wide-open jaws came within a foot of my face and the camcorder I was holding and I never moved a muscle so as to get the shot. Africa into practically swallowing me as it rushed up when I leaned over the motor mount. Were they stuck having to re- shoot in HDV and hope for the same great shots they have lovingly preserved? In my case, being primarily a nature shooter underwater or in Africa somewhere, I really doubted that I could bribe a Great White in S. Think of all the footage that lies within the libraries of so many shooters which were shot in the Standard DV format and who have now moved on to one of the latest and greatest HD or HDV camcorders.

When I heard that Red Giant software, already well known for the Magic Bullet Suite, had come out with a conversion plug-in for After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro that would enable the editor to up-convert standard DV video into a variety of HD formats, I just had to take a look. Review: Red Giant Software's Magic Bullet Instant HD
