• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  2 frame rates

  Posted by Scott Duncan on December 21, 2012 at 9:51 am

  I shot wedding w/ Sony Z5; initially (1st tape) in DV widescreen (30 fps) but tapes 2, 3 & 4 were shot 1080p 24 fps.

  Big mistake; obvious now.

  Edited all in FCP 6. In trying to cut & paste sequences together I get ” cannot nest sequences with different editing timebases”.

  I have 23 min.intro/ ceremony sequence (DV widescreen) as stand alone QT mov now.

  How can I best convert that and/ or merge it w/ 62 min. 24 fps sequences, or perform other action to unite the diff frame rates into one, w/ best looking quality for a DVD for the bride & groom?

  3 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo MBPro / 8 GB / OS 10.6.8 / FCP 6.0.6

  William Carr replied 13 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Stephen Smith

  December 21, 2012 at 2:54 pm

  Which version of FCP are you on? You can mix frame rates and sizes in one timeline. I do it all the time.

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  Scott Duncan

  December 21, 2012 at 4:14 pm

  3 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo MBPro / 8 GB / OS 10.6.8 / FCP 6.0.6
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  William Carr

  December 23, 2012 at 8:35 pm

  Individual sequences with common frame rates can be added individually onto the DVD. But if you need to merge different frame rate clips on one sequence I find it’s better to convert the slower rate clips up to the higher clip rate.

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