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Working with footage shot in 30P
Has anyone had much experience with footage shot in 30P on mini DV tapes. The client has some out of town footage shot in that format and now would like it edited into normal NTSC 30 fps interlaced. When playing the tapes on NTSC monitors, the footage looks a little jerkey. I don’t know if this is corrected in the capture and/or output process.
Any suggestions on capture and output settings. This will be going onto VHS and DVD for NTSC playback. I’m not sure why the guy in Denver shot it in 30P unless he thought it would be for internet/computer video.
Thanks,
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4 Replies
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30p is a sort of poor man’s film look. It is jerky if you shoot it badly with too wild movements in the camera, and really, there’s nothing you can do about it.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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Well, that’s not what I was hoping to hear. I had tried everything that I could think to do. I guess I didn’t think of the fix because there isnn’t one. Thanks anyway.
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If you have enough render time, you could use a plugin like Twixtor to try and convert it back to 60i, but it will be very slow and might not work best. Worth a shot though.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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30p doesn’t necessarily have to look jerky. In fact, many commericals are shot at 30p to get that “film look” without shooting on film. I’m presuming the footage you have looks jerky because the shutter speed was “too fast” (“too fast” definition is left as the reader’s excercise).
I see that Graeme suggested Twixtor. In your particular case, I would use ReelSmart Motion Blur on the footage and not Twixtor. It will add motion blur based on the motion in the footage… easing the jerkiness without doing any retiming. (and, yes, it’s another product of ours). You can dial up or down the motion blur as you see fit. You can see download a demo from our website: https://www.revisionfx.com” target=”_blank”>https://www.revisionfx.com
It will not add new fields like Twixtor would, but can help ease the jerkiness (adding in a more “film-like look” in the process).
Cheers,
Pete Litwinowicz
https://www.revisionfx.com
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