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Digibeta to finalcut..best way?
I have a finalcut/dvd studiopro system with no in/out card so that limits my options. I can dub the digi to DVCAM or I can get it as a quicktime. My choices of quicktime are limited. (It would be coming off an somewhat outdated symphony) My best options seem the animation or none codec. (What’s the deal with the none codec?) However once I get it as a quicktime it seems to have some interlacing/pulldown issues. What is the best way to solve this? In After Effects, with a Nattress plugin? How so? Anyway it’s going to be squashed to MPEG-2 in the long run anyway, but I would love to know the best way to get it there. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Dylan -
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Hi,
You can do it yourself here or have it done (send them the digibeta tape and a hard drive):
https://www.digitalservicestation.com/Best Wishes,
Mitch
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It depends. What kind of disk drives are you running on Final Cut? If you have a fast array that can do Uncompressed, then yeah, convert it using “none” (which is uncompressed). As long as the frame size remains 720×486, then you shouldn’t have any field issues at all. Don’t fix it with filters or anything like that. The problem you are having is due to the field dominance being reversed.
If you have access to a Digibeta deck, you can buy a Decklink card for $300. It’s probably cheaper than paying for a transfer.
Anyway, I assume you don’t have a fast disk array which means you’ll have to work in DV. If that’s the case, you might as well just dub it to a DVCam tape. You won’t lose any more quality doing it that way. The end result is exactly the same as converting it to a DV Quicktime on either computer.
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