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Affiliate asking for Interlace for commercial after shooting in Progressive
Guys Im stumped. 30 years as a DP/Editor and I just finished editing a 30 sec spot to run regionally inside the Super Bowl. However they are asking for a 1080I deliverable in 29.97. We have always shot in progressive on the Red cameras and never had a problem. I can’t find anyone who can tell me how do you convert to Interlace in Resolve 16. I shot at 23.97 4K HD and can deliver to them the 29.97 (3:2) but what about Interlaced? The only option they gave me for progressive was 1280 x 720 and we do not want to down convert to that small of a format.
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Assuming you also edited on a 23.98P timeline, in Delivery, Master settings / Video:
You have chosen your codec (DnX, ProRes…) Resolution… Frame Rate… drop down to 29.97 (3:2) — another option appears “Drop frame” probably not relevant for a :30, but deliveries can be picky… New option is to use Constant Bit Rate — won’t make much difference over 30 sec, but easier to fix later if you had to.
and so on.
JPO
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Yes I know… but most HD networks broadcast in 1080i even so most of the programming is done progressive. They usually do their own conversion from progressive to interlace before send to air… smaller stations may want programming ready to go… hence the request for your deliverable…
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Thank you guys for the info. As indicated by David, once I spoke to the station (CBS affiliate) They told me to edit as I normally would and they would convert on their end before air. The only thing i did on my end was set my timeline to 1080 (final broadcast size) although I shot in 4K, so as to reframe may footage so it would not be letterboxed on their end.
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