• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Converting from ProRes 25fps to Sony HDCam 1080/59.94i

  Posted by Marcus Eckermann on February 12, 2011 at 1:23 pm

  Hi

  First up, thanks to all the contributors to this forum. This is my first post here, however, I have been a long time user of Creative Cow – and can’t recall the number of times the forums have helped me out of a jam

  I need some guidance/advice regarding the best practice workflow for getting our microbudget feature transferred to tape for a festival in the US. We have shot and edited our film in Sydney, Australia and need to convert it from our Final Cut Pro ProRes4444 1920×1080 25fps 48kHz sequence to a Sony HDCam tape @ 1080/59.94i

  Thanks in advance

  Marcus Eckermann replied 15 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Ben Holmes

  February 12, 2011 at 6:04 pm

  The preferred route would be to make a 25fps master (1080i50) on HDCam via a tape out (using Kona or Blackmagic video card), then pay for frame conversion at a post house, using something expensive like a Teranex.

  Your other option is to use Cinema tools to convert the file from 25p/50i to 24p. This would cause a 4% slowdown on the transfer, but is commonly done in reverse for all movies transferred for TV in PAL countries – so not as noticeable as you would think.

  Once you’ve generated a 24p master, you can output this as 1080i60 using a Kona or BM video card, which can utilise a process called ‘reverse pulldown’ to generate the missing fields.

  Since you will most probably have to rent a deck (and find one if you live in a PAL country, which is not easy sometimes) I recommend you take this to a post house if you can handle the cost.

  Brn

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  Marcus Eckermann

  February 14, 2011 at 5:06 am

  Thanks Ben

  Your answer is consistent with what we are hearing on this end. Being a micro-budget film, cost is obviously going to be an issue, but we do want the best quality copy of the film to be screened at the festival

  Can anyone recommend a post house in Sydney that does this kind of frame conversion using the best gear

  Cheers

  Marcus

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