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  • Avid Editng in 23.98

    Posted by Danny Bresnik on July 30, 2008 at 12:47 am

    I recently completed a rough cut that I editied on Avid Express Pro in a 23.976p NTSC project. I used digibeta down convert dub from an HDCAM 23.98 Master. In the film setting in my project I used a standard pulldown cadence to load my dailies. I am now making EDLs for the finsihing house. The source numbers are representing NTSC TC from the digibeat and the record are representing a 23.98 timeline. How would the finishing house convert the source numbers to represent 24 tc to match the HDCAM master. Should I have just edited in NTSC 29.97 with a matchback option and not edited in 23.98?

    Michael Phillips replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Michael Phillips

    July 30, 2008 at 3:42 am

    No, you want to edit in 23.976 so that the edits are not adjusted +/1 frame for the final master. In order to get the true 24fps timecode as found on the HD masters, you need to do a START to TC24 copy/paste where the conversion happens.

    See: https://www.24p.com/matchback_EDL.htm

    Michael

    Michael Phillips

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