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converting from 23.98 to 29.97 within FCP
I am working on a show that was shot in 23.98, but we need to finish (and time everything) in 29.97. I can’t copy and paste my 23.98 sequence into a 29.97 sequence, because it adds flash frames between random clips. Any ideas?
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If you have a Kona or Decklink card, output to tape with pulldown and re-ingest.
If not, use Compressor to convert to 29.97, or the Add Pulldown plugin from Graeme Nattress (www.nattress.com).
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I’ve been in your situation before, and let me tell you… The easiest, most pain-free way of dealing with this in the long run is to suck it up and copy & paste your 23.98 sequence into the 29.97 timeline and fix the frames it has created in the transfer. If your final destination is 29.97, this really is the easiest way to go. If you stick with a 23.98 timeline and have an AJA or Blackmagic do the conversion to 29.97 for you on the way out of the box onto tape, it becomes more of a pain than it is really worth to do insert edits or pick up an output that has dropped frames than the time it would have taken to copy & paste into the new sequence.
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