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24p and pulldown and frame rate, oh my!
Hey all:
I know there are other posts on this but this but I can’t seem to wrap my mind around this one. I’m working on a project that was shot at 29.97. When I bring it into AE and interpret footage, what do I want for my fields and pulldown? I am being told that they want the final product output at 24p. So my other questions are: What do I need in my composition settings for frame rate? And then when I’m ‘making movie,’ what do I want in there for field render, pulldown and framerate?
All of this said, is it any benefit to me to even change the frame rate to 24p for final output? We’re looking for a final product that can be paused on a DVD and be a solid frame. (De-interlaced I suppose?) I do have Magic Bullet but I’m not sure that plays into this equation at all.
If anyone can offer insight into this, I’d be much appreciative. I’ve got to deliver this video by Saturday and am sort of spooked.
Thanks!
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If it was shot at 29.97 (also called 60i), there was no pulldown, so you shouldn’t try to remove any.
… unless it was shot at 24p using a camera capable of that. You need to know whether it was shot at 24p, 30p or 60i.If it was shot at 24p with a DV-type video camera, you should interpret the footage as lower field first and remove pulldown to revert it to 23.98 fps (23.976, actually). Try “guess pulldown”. Then hold down option (alt) and double-click on the footage in the project window. Then step through the footage with the pageDn key to make sure you picked the right pulldown phase and there are no fields left over. If you see fields, re-interpret with a different pulldown phase. If the footage jerks back and forth, you should interpret upper fields first, but this is unlikely.
Next, drag the footage onto the new comp button at the bottom of the project window to create a new 23.976 comp. Work your magic, and render Best Settings but add pulldown in the Render Settings to make it 29.97. The phase is unimportant.But if the footage was shot at 60i (29.97 interlaced) you need to use Magic Bullet to create a 23.976 video. Sorry, but that’s within my skillset.
You might also want to read this: https://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@@.3bbc4e84 . Log in as guest if you are new to those forums.
By the way, every DVD I’ve seen pauses on a solid frame. I’ve only ever seen the frozen field flicker (whatever) on editing systems on an interlaced monitor. Not DVDs.
By the way 2, be sure to test DVD playback if you can.Does that help?
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