Fields & HD

[YoyoBoy]

I have to render out an animation for the History Channel and I was asked to do it with these specs:

1) HD 16x9 format, 1080p 23.98
2) Upper Field Dominate
3) Output to QT in DNX codec. If DNX is unavailable pro res is fine; worst case they will accept H.264

Do fields even matter in HD? I've never rendered to fields, ever, and things always turned out fine. What the heck is DNX?

[LarsSonparsson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNxHD_codec

I never render HD with fields.

[jonnybefree]

1080p with fields? doesn't mean 1080p = Progressive (no fields)?

[DanielBrew]

1080p with fields? doesn't mean 1080p = Progressive (no fields)?

Yes, that's what I thought. They probably want it at 300 dpi as well