1080i/24p shooting issue

[Jeremy Garchow]

Read this. IT’s really old but still applies to how 24p is recorded to DVCPro HD in 1080i.

https://www.adamwilt.com/24p/index.html#24pRecording

Basically, you are shooting 24p with pulldown. You need to remove that pulldown to get 23.98 media.

The easiest way to do this is to shoot 24pA so that FCP will automatically remove the pulldown on log and transfer.

Jeremy

[Jarrod Hurwitz]

Thanks so much, that’s a really informative article.
At which point in the fcp workflow do I remove the pulldown?

[Jeremy Garchow]

If you shot 24pA, it will be done automatically ny the log and transfer process.

If you shot regular 24p, then you can use Compressor and the reverse telecine function.

Or you can just edit @ 29.97 and keep it easy.

[Jarrod Hurwitz]

I’m going through compressor now and can’t seem to find the reverse telecine function, would it be possible to tell me, in your experience, what to output (one clip for example) and how to reverse the telecine??
…thanks for all the help

[Jeremy Garchow]

I”ve written about it many times. I am sure it will come up in a search.

Here’s one:

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/995940

Write back with quesitons.

Jeremy

[Jarrod Hurwitz]

Thanks so much,

I ran the recipe for reverse telecine and it’s still got lots of lines in the movement of the image. I tried compressor “8-bit uncompressed” and that cleaned the lines completely. But I have to mix this footage with RED footage…so hopefully it will take.

…any suggestions other than what I’ve done and the recipe you gave??

…thanks for all the help by the way. HIGHLY APPRECIATED

[Jeremy Garchow]

I realize I forgot an important step, sorry. You know how you mentioned that FCP labels the footage as 30P? Well, that’s obviously not right. what is happening, though, is that Compressor thinks your footage is p, when it’s really i.

So, in Compressor single click on the thumbnail to bring up the a/v attributes for the clip. Change the field dom from progressive to Upper, then Compressor will process your footage correctly.

Jeremy

[Jarrod Hurwitz]

Jeremy ,

thank you!
the movement is super smooth!!!!
your help has been golden!

[Jeremy Garchow]

Glad you’re up and running.

Jeremy

[Desiree Baldwin]

Hi there! I’m jumping on this strand as i’m also confused which FCP codec to use after shooting HVX 200 in1080i/24p. The default codec, as mentioned above, is DVCPro HD 1080p30. I noticed on this strand that editing in 30fps is ok. I just want to confirm with someone that has a little experience with this before I go ahead with this default codec or select another.

-Des