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Attack This Workflow
First off, this scenario was not created by me, it was created by my client.
We have an SD 23.98 DV timeline from 23.98 DV tape – yeah, DV 23.98, on the cheap, ouch.
It is going to be upconverted with our fully loaded Teranex VC300 to 1080psf23.98, eventually ending up on HDCAM to go to film. Ok.
Teranex does not support 480 23.98, only 480i59.94 or 480p59.94.
Thus, if we introduce a pulldown from the 23.98 edit to 59.94 to get into the Teranex, then when we upconvert and go back to 23.98 we will have introduced a pulldown and then a reverse pulldown – messing with reverse pulldowns on top of pulldowns can cause motion artifacts, ghosting, frame issues etc. In video, we usually want to avoid such things at all costs. When something like this is going to be blown up to film for theatrical release, well, the stakes are even higher.
Our best bet is to capture 23.98 DV over firewire and then stay 23.98 for the upconvert – no pulldown either way. However, we’ve don’t know if we can firewire 23.98 SD! with our Sony HVR-M15AU/AN/AE/AP.Any ideas on this? Cinema Tools? Shotguns? Sledge hammers? Or do we have to live with the reverse pulldown and then pulldown because it’s 23.98 DV?
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First off, there’s no such thing as 23.98 on DV tape. All DV tape is either 29.97 or 25. DV Cameras that shoot 24P lay it onto tape with pulldown. But you knew that…
Do you have a Decklink or Kona card on your edit system? If so, you might be able to use the card to upconvert from DV 23.98 to 1080 23.98PsF. Many of these cards will do that conversion, and they do it well.
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
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I have Kona 3. Better yet for this project, Teranex.
I think we’re stuck in 29.97 pulldown territory. We will live. Thanks for the input!chad
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If you have a Kona 3, then you’re all set. The Kona can upconvert your 24P DV to 24P 1080 without having to go through the headache of adding and removing pulldown. It’s simply a setting in the Kona control panel.
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
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Yeah, but let’s face it, if you had a choice between a Terranex and a Kona for upconverting HD, the Terranex would win. This is no blight on AJA, but DV is a tough format to upconvert.
Now, since you already have a 23.98 movie, Chad, does the Terranex have 3:2 pulldown detection? The good thing is that if you playout from FCP you will have a consistent pulldown cadence. Now, if this movie is on tape, then we have to come up with something else, bit it would depend on how the tape was mastered.
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Try this $100 solution from Nattress. Very high quality for software conversion. Then you can go ahead and use the terranex box you already own.
https://www.nattress.com/Products/standardsconversion/GAddPull.htm
Reid VanVoris
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The problem with using a Teranex is that if it hits a cut that starts on a pulldown frame, the next frame or 2 will be mushy. If you use the K3 to convert, you never add the pulldown, less mush.
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
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There’s no reason to add pulldown to get to 24p, don’t you think?
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[Arnie Schlissel] “If you use the K3 to convert, you never add the pulldown, less mush.”
Less mush field wise, but the picture will be much more noisy.
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This post have been erased by my self.
The idea was great but impossible to materialize.
Time to go to bed, -
That was going to be my next suggestion. Upconvert the material through the Terranex to 1080p25, the run it back through the Terranex to 1080psf23.98.
Jeremy
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