If you put any frame rate footage into the timeline that doesn’t match the project settings, you’ll get that green dot indicating it’s a different frame rate. it won’t be a Time Warp unless you promote it. But that is the best way to mix frame rates in Avid…import in a 30fps project, bring the bin into a 23.98 project, and cut.
It will look a little choppy…after all, it wasn’t shot with conversion to 24 in mind. It wasn’t shot with 2/3 pulldown..it was meant to be 30fps. So it won’t EXACTLY match the 24fps stuff. The only way to get really close in that respect is to use a Terranex to convert the footage…or to use After Effects voodoo.
Shane
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