59.94 Final Delivery Help

[Simon Stutts]

This might help shed some light on your question..

https://lfhd.blogspot.com/2009/02/5994-vs-5994.html

[Kevin Camp]

i’m 99% sure that they are expecting 1920×1080, interlaced at 59.94 fields per second.

so your 1920×1080, 29.97 frame per second comps would be correct. then, at render, you’ll set the render settings to render fields, upper first, and the result will be 1920×1080, interlaced at 59.94 fields per second.

if you suspect that they have may an unusual workflow or final destination for this, you should verify that they are working with standard hdtv 1080i format (1080 with 59.94 frames per second would not be standard). but if you feel that this is for broadcast, then it will have to conform to a broadcast standard.

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Joe Lawrence]

Thanks for the responses. Kevin, when I do render this out I need to select 3:2 pulldown correct? I tried to render it with out by just selecting UFF and it still is 29.97. If I do need to select 3:2, does it matter which order to arrange the frames in? Thanks a lot!

[Kevin Camp]

you’d only use a pulldown to bring 24p (23.976 fps) comps up to broadcast rates (29.97 fps), that’s not what you want for this….

choosing uff will still be 29.97 frames per second, but since it is interlaced it is also 59.94 fields per second.

this compared to 29.97 progressive frames per second will still playback like 29.97 fields per second (technically, it is playing back at 59.94 fields, the upper and lower fields are identical so it would look like 29.97).

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Joe Lawrence]

Thanks Dave,

There is no footage in the comp, it is all graphics created from either photos, photoshop, etc. So it sounds like all is ok, I animated at 29.97 and I will just add UFF pulldown to my final render. Thanks so much!!

Joe

[George Costakis]

Hi Kevin,
I’m in a similar boat, but instead of 1080i 59.94, I have to deliver at 720p at 59.94. I’m aware that this is actually 60 frames per second and not fields. The project is all motion graphics and no live footage and I built it in 29.97. When I was finished with the project, I changed the comp settings from 29.97 to 59.94 and rendered, but the motion isn’t seeming to translate the same (the speed (especially easy eases) and blur amounts are different). Should I also change this to 59.94 through the render dialogue? Thanks.
Cheers,
George Costakis