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from PAL to NTSC
I am using FCP version 4.5 on a PowerBook G4, 1.67, 17in. I have a project on the timeline that is in PAL format. It was shot and captured overseas, that is why. It was shot on MiniDV. How can I export this in NTSC? Can it be done on FCP? If I change the setting in the sequence settings to NTSC would that be enough? Or maybe it actually needs to be converted? Please let me know, thanks!
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7 Replies
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Check out my Standards Conversion plugin at http://www.natress.com
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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We routinely shoot in both PAL and NTSC, in DV and HDV, and need to convert between them. Graeme’s plug-ins are outstandingly effective and priced very competitively (don’t get any ideas now, Graeme!). No, I’m not his brother/cousin/uncle–just a happy customer.
Particularly when going from PAL to NTSC you can obtain a great “film-look.”
Cheers.
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I’m surprised if FCP doesn’t provide a solution for going from PAL to NTSC. They don’t have a conversion Plug-in? I read about the Standard Conversions plug-in on http://www.nattress.com but it doesn’t sound like that will help me since I have done many many speed mods and ramping.
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It will convert whatever you throw at it. Give the demo a try on a few seconds of the toughest material.
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Compressor 2 will convert PAL to NTSC but it will take forever and I mean forever
Michael Horton
lafcpug
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How does the quality of the Compressor 2 conversions compare to Graeme’s
Peter McAuley
Axyz Edit
Toronto
G5 dual 2.0
4 gigs ram
10.3.8
FCP 4.5 HD
QT 6.5.2
Kona 2 v1.1 with K Box
4 X 250 gig external F800 Lacie firewire drive
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At FULL quality, C2 looked very good indeed, but there’s still some frame blending / ghosting going on, which I thought their Optical Flow stuff would remove. But, here’s the killer – over 35 times as long to render as my plugin, so on my dual 2Ghz, that’s 4h30m for 1 minute of conversion. Ouch.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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