1080i50 or 1080p25

[Rafael Amador]

If have been recorded “P” don’t worry if have been downloaded “i”. Just change the field dominance to NONE in the browser. Then edit in a progressive time-line.

Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.

[Luke Hardiman]

Thanks Rafael

thats great.
Am I missing something or is there no easy setup for DVCPRO HD 25p

Thanks

[Rafael Amador]

You should have DVCProHD 720p 25 easy set-up.
In fact DVCProHD 720i50 it doesn’t exist.

Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Luke, are you working in 1080 or 720?

[Luke Hardiman]

The DOP told me its shot at 1080p25, but FCP will only recognize 1080i50.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Yes. In reality is 1080psf25 (1080p in an i wrapper). Simply import your media, change the field dominance of your clips to ‘none’ and change the field dominance of your sequence to none as well.

[Luke Hardiman]

Thanks for that

[Jeremy Garchow]

[luke Hardiman] “Thanks for that”

No worries. You understand it, right?

[Luke Hardiman]

Hi jeremy

I think I’ve got it.
If it’s shot at 1080p25, its actually 1080 psf 25.
Its a touch confusing what psf is, but effectively to produce progressive frames at 25 fps, which my clients need, I just use 1080i50 clips, in a 1080i50 project, with the field dominance set to none.
Do I have to change the field dominance of the clips themselves or just the sequence?
Any idea why there isn’t a 1080p25 setting?

Thanks again for your help

L

[Jeremy Garchow]

[luke Hardiman] “Do I have to change the field dominance of the clips themselves or just the sequence? “

Yes you should. That way your sequence and clips will match and FCP will render things properly.

[luke Hardiman] “Any idea why there isn’t a 1080p25 setting? “

No. What’s weird is that FCP6 seems to natively support true p capture and playback, but it’s kind of convoluted on how you need to get there and it’s not marked very well, but the capability is there.

In your case, you need to tell FCP that your footage is psf and to render progressively.

Jeremy