• Panasonic Cameras

  P2 Mixing frame rates in FCP 5.1.1

  Posted by Andrea Klipp on June 28, 2006 at 4:29 am

  We are currently shooting a series with the HVX200, and the majority of our footage is shot at 720p 24N. We are switiching things up for timelapse, to 720p 60 frames / interval – 1 frm every 2 seconds. As well we are trying some slow motion in the camera – 720p 24N @ 60frms. We have set up or project for DVCPro 720p 24, and have ‘ingested’ all of our material with that easy set up.

  When working with the 24p material – all is working well. But if we add some of timelapse material to the timeline, it is not playing back smoothly after it is rendered. The 720p 60 frames timelapse footage plays back smoothly when you play it back in the Viewer – but after rendering it – it has a stobe to it.

  No other settings have been switched. When we ‘ingest’ we are selecting Panasonic P2 – and then importing all clips. I have not been selecting ‘Remove duplicate/adv. pull down frames’ – do I need to do that with the 720p 60 frames timelapse footage?

  We currently running – in the field – a PowerBook G.4 1.67 MHz with 2 GBs of Ram. Don’t know if this is a Ram issue or not. We will be transferring all of our stuff to a G5 Quad – with 4GB Ram as the series progresses. Will that erase my problem, or is it deeper than that?

  We love the motion effects we are getting out of the camera – any advice on how to get them to playback smoothly along side the 720p 24 material would be greatly appreciated!

  Andrea

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  Andrea Klipp replied 19 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  June 28, 2006 at 6:56 am

  You shot 60p to do slow motion, right? If so, you need to use the DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter (installed separately, and located on the Extras folder on the FCP install disk).

  View my tutorial at:

  https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=8&page=https://www.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/dvpro_hd/index.html

  Shane

  Alokut Productions
  http://www.lfhd.net
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  Mike Schrengohst

  June 29, 2006 at 9:21 pm

  Why did you shoot 60p for timelapse?
  Not necessary. You are better off
  shooting timelapse 1080 30p
  set the camera to video cam
  Then you have a little larger
  frame to work with and conform
  the 1080 30p to 24p using CinemaTools.
  The 60p mode is really for shooting
  fast sports with the option of
  slo-mo.

  Mike Schrengohst
  http://www.MotionZoneHD.com
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  Andrea Klipp

  July 6, 2006 at 2:59 am

  Thanks Shane~
  Sorry for the delayed response, I have been away for a week. Thanks for the tips!
  Andrea

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