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  Rendering Non-Drop Frame from After Effects

  Posted by Brandon Campbell on April 25, 2012 at 7:08 pm

  Wonder if anyone can help me with a timecode/frame rate question:

  I am rendering out animations from AE to be projected in a theater piece.
  The guy I’m delivering the files to is using Ki Pro (which I know nothing about) to run the movie clips to
  the projector. He is saying that he needs 29.97fps non-drop frame clips rather than drop frame.

  I see in my Project Settings that I can change the Display Style to Non-Drop Frame under the drop down
  menu for NTSC. I have that on Non-Drop Frame, still he is telling me the files I’m delivering are drop frame.

  My comp settings are HDV/HDTV 720 29.97, 1280×720, 29.97 fps.

  I’m in After Effects CS5, using Apple Pro Res 422 codec.

  Is there anything else I should be doing to make sure I am delivering non-drop frame clips?
  I’m not new to AE but have never had to deal with this before.

  Thanks!
  B

  John Cuevas replied 14 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  John Cuevas

  April 26, 2012 at 11:03 am

  Change your frame rate to 30FPS, that’s will change your frame rate to non-drop.

  I don’t know of system that would run a frame rate of 29.97 and be non-drop, that doesn’t make sense and I think the guy asking for the deliverable is confused.

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  Thinkck.com

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