Canon XL2 24pa capture and edit setup in Final Cut Pro using Kona2

[Jeremy Garchow]

I think it’s impossible to do with a Kona 2 or any capture card for FCP. I am not sure there’s a card that will strip the advanced pulldown then upconvert to 720p24.

Jeremy

[Simon Sommerfeld]

Thanks for your reply, Jeremy.

So, I guess my options are to edit it at 30 in DVCProHD or at 24 on a DV25 timeline?
What about 1080p? Is it possible to bring the footage in at that? There are sony psf settings for 1080 at 24 which I experimented with but of course that didn’t work. I could stripe a RAID that can handle the data rate.

In a general sense, I’m still confused about the relatioship between the Kona Contol Panel settings and FCP project capture/project settings. Specifically, how to set the Kona Primary Format and Secondary Format relative to FCP settings.

Best,
Simon.

Simon Sommefeld
Redwood City CA

[Jeremy Garchow]

The problem is, is that you have that advanced pulldown which was designed to edit @ 24 so the pulldown is a little different (less pleasing to the eye, but easier to get to 23.98) than regular 3:2 pulldown. If you capture the up-converted footage with the advanced pulldown in tact, the resulting captures might look weird. I’d call AJA and see what they say, but every time I’ve called and asked about capturing and removing advanced pulldown, it never seems to make the ‘to do’ list. Perhaps it’s not an easy thing to implement.

Jeremy

[Gary Adcock]

[JeremyG] “I think it’s impossible to do with a Kona 2 or any capture card for FCP. I am not sure there’s a card that will strip the advanced pulldown then upconvert to 720p24.”

Correct it takes a lot of horsepower to convert to progressive from an interlaced source in real time.
you could capture at 1080i60 DVCPROHD then use CT to remove the pulldown to achieve your 108023.98Psf.

Do not USE “Capture Now” for this you will need to log every clip so the cadence is correct then Batch digitize.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Jeremy Garchow]

Would that work with advanced pulldown Gary?

Jeremy

[Simon Sommerfeld]

Thanks Jeremy and Gary for your help,

I’ll call AJA and ask them for workflow suggestions and also use Gary’s suggestion and remove the pulldown with CT. Thanks for the batch capture tip.
Speaking of horsepower, I’m running an original G5 dual 2.0. Just hoping it can handle the 1080i 60.

Best,
Simon.

Simon Sommefeld
Redwood City CA

[Gary Adcock]

[JeremyG] “Would that work with advanced pulldown Gary?”

Sure does Jeremy
Since the 3.1 version of CT you have had the ability to remove advanced pulldown from HD Sources

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Jeremy Garchow]

Even if the material originates on DV, is upconverted through the Kona, and then going to Cinema Tools? Really? Wow. Cool!

Jeremy