• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Pulldown Clarification

  Posted by Scott Kleinberger on July 20, 2009 at 4:02 pm

  Hi,

  First, although I have never posted I have used this site for the great resource that it is. Thanks.

  I am hoping for a little clarification.

  I have a XDCam EX sequence shot st 23.98 cut into a FCP sequence with an AJA Kona LHe card. The sequence setting s I am using are for 1080i/29.97. I am under the impression that from within the RT Menu the user can select the type of pulldown FCP is introducing.

  I have seen different post around this website that seem to conflict. Some post indicate FCP only uses 2224 pulldown, other say it is selectable through the RT menu. I have selected the 2323 option.

  Does anyone want to weigh in definitively?

  Thanks.
  -scott

  Aaron Neitz replied 16 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Pale

  July 20, 2009 at 7:26 pm

  The kona adds pulldown to a 23.98 sequence not a 29.97 sequence with 23.98 footage in it.
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  Aaron Neitz

  July 20, 2009 at 7:26 pm

  You want your 23.98 media in a 23.98 timeline.

  what you have now, 29.97 timeline, FCP simply duplicates whole frames to fill in the gap. Step through and you should see dupe frames.

  So you have a 23.98 timeline, if you select 1080i/29.97 as your Kona VIDEO OUT, then you get the RT menu options for pulldown.

  2:3:2:3 is the standard 3:2 interlace scheme. The other two are advanced pulldown and the 2224 is a pulldown for slower computers.

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