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dx100 A footage
Ok so this week im shoooting on a dvx100a and importing into fcp for edditing.
Now ive done this before but recieved a slew of different advice, to sart were shooting anamorphic, (and i got that figured out last time) but my real question is what import settings do i need to use, last time we shot progressive and i imported at 29.97, as it looked best, (my cam. operator told me we were shooting 24p (truly 23.97) so when i went to my schools labs to capture and check on what i should set my capturing for, i was told 2997 is best, i was confused by this.
we “accidently” shot 24 at some point and i had to capture as such, im confused as to whats going on.
any help is greatly apreciated
Aaron Zander-Student edditor
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There are basically 4 ways to capture on the DVX and ALL FOUR go to tape as 29.97. It’s what happens before that you need to think about.
1) 30fps Interlaced — nice video look
2) 30fps Progressive — nice progressive look with no pulldown frames
THEN…3) 24P… Gives a FILM LOOK while maintaining 29.97fps. Acceptable to broadcasters as the pulldown cadence is 3:2:3:2… the chips were recording 24 clicks a second but before it went to tape the little accountant mice inside the camera were adding frames together and combining them to give you a total of 29.97fps on tape.
4) 24PA… For use when your final version is to be 24fps DVD or Film. In this case the “camera still clicks away” at 24 per second but THIS time the little accountant mice add a different pulldown a 2:3:3:2 cadence called ADVANCED. This looks ugly when played back at 29.97 — interlaced/combined fields come at odd times to the eye. You want to get it back to 24 frames per second somehow. To do that, FCP will remove the ADVANCED PULLDOWN CADENCE on the fly during capture… or you can even do it later.
IF you shot 24P and still want to go to 24 fps for editing all hope is NOT lost. Bring it into Cinema Tools and have that remove the 3:2 cadence.
Hope this helps.
Good luck,
CaptM
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