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conforming 59.94 to 23.976 in AE
After some trials (and many errors) I think I finally figured this one out.
My show is comprised of mostly ftg I shot with the Panasonic HVX at 720p24p native. Sequence is great in FCP, everything is working well.
THE SETUP: I had some 4:3 DVCAM ftg upconverted to DVCPRO HD 720p 59.94.
Imported those clips into FCP, set them into a matching timeline. For the test, I in-to-outed about 10 seconds of ftg, then did an export – (compression:none), all other settings the same.Imported the ftg into AE, then put it into a 23.976 timeline, tuned on frame blending, then rendered (this time WITH the DVCPROHD 720p60 codec). Upon bringing it back into FCP it looks pretty darn good, no herky jerky movement.
My question is, is this the appropriate workflow for this type of conforming?
thanks in advance…Nate
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are you taking your dvcprohd footage into ae just to change the frame rate? or are you adding other effects?
i’m not very familiar with fcp, but there is a frame rate conversion tool in fcp (or downloadable at panasonic.com) that should convert the frame rate to 24p. you might try it and see if there is a difference in quality, it could save you some time.
what was your method for upconverting the dvcam? just curious…
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
thanks–I’ll check out the panasonic download for sure.
yes–using AE just for the frame rate conversion on this particular project.
I took the DVCAM tapes to a guy who has the Kona 3 card. He basically dig’d the ftg into FCP going SDI out of the DVCAM deck and through the Kona card. I had him set it to pillarbox and the upconvert looked really really good.
by the way, I’ll only take my selects into AE for the conversion after my picture is locked.
so renders won’t be terribly long. -
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thanks! going to give it a whirl now.
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I’m using FCP 5.1.4. I downloaded the plugin and for some reason the option is not showing up in the Tools menu.
Any idea why?
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good idea, but my ftg (2 hrs) is already upconverted to DVCPRO HD 720p 59.94.
looks great, wrong frame rate.
gah.
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BINGO. I needed to install it from the FCS install disc, not the web d/l.
It’s showing up now.
Let’s see if it works.
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sorry… the download may have been for earlier versions of fcp, before it was included on the install disc.
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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