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Editing 30p footage in FCP
What considerations do I need to make when editing 16×9 30p footage shot on a Canon XL-2? Are there specific things I should specify in my sequence settings, or do I use the same workflow as when I edit regular interlaced footage?
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3 Replies
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Your footage will still be digitized in 60i (29.97), but you can turn the sequence field dominance to none (instead of lower). That way any graphics/titles you make in FCP will render out with no field dominance (progressive) and the graphics will match the footage.
Jeremy
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If I turn off field dominance, will I have problems displaying the video for broadcast? I was under the impression that NTSC video for broadcast is always interlaced, and that I get around that with 30p because 30p isn’t truly progressive, that in fact there is no such thing as truly progressive in the world of DV.
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You’ll be fine. It’ll go down to tape at 60i, it’ll just look like 30p.
Jeremy
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