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FCP and FRC Plug-in. Clips are half the length of what I logged.
I am using FCP 4.5 with an AJA Kona 2 card importing footage shot at 48fps for 24fps playback. I am using the “DVCPRO HD Varicam” settings for capture and sequence and the clips are coming out looking great…
except that the clip is only half the length of what I logged. If I specify and in/out point with a clip that is 10 seconds long at 48fps, I would expect a clip to land in my bin that is 20 seconds when converted to 24fps. Instead it cuts the clip in half, leaving a 10 slo-moed second clip, but only the first half of the original 48fps clip.
The workaround has been to log the clip with the desired in/out and then just double the duration, extending the out point far enough the get the clip I want.
Is there a better way?
Thanks,
Gabe
Hatfield Post/Production, Inc.
819 W. Superior
Chicago, IL 60622
312-226-3200
312-226-3211
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I have since done more research and learned that I haven’t been using the FRC plug-in as designed. AJA’s website gave some good guidance on how get the right settings, however does anyone know why I was haveing some success with the other setup?
With 23.97 DVCPROHD Varicam settings on the FCP easy setups, any clip (shot at 48fps) that I captured converted diretly to slow-motion without running the plug-in. Is this just a Final Cut anomaly?
Hatfield Post/Production, Inc.
819 W. Superior
Chicago, IL 60622
312-226-3200
312-226-3211
http://www.hatpost.com -
Nope, it’s a Kona 2 ‘anomaly’. Kona 2 will automatically remove the duplicate frames, leaving the only frames you need for the desired slo mo at the desired frame rate of 23.98 fps. You are doing right by duplicating the amount of time. the alternative is to capture everything @60 fps and use the FRC plug in and create new slo mo media. Kona 2 is a lot easier as it does this process on the fly. Just make sure you slate you VFR shots well with plenty of heads, some people even like to use different tapes for VFR shots. Hope this helps.
Jeremy
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http://www.madayproductions.com
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[Gabe Hatfield] “With 23.97 DVCPROHD Varicam settings on the FCP easy setups, any clip (shot at 48fps) that I captured converted diretly to slow-motion without running the plug-in. Is this just a Final Cut anomaly?”
thats because by using the varicam setting you told the capture process to seek out the dynamic frame rate- so it did what you told it to do. The K2 recorded the data as you asked it too. What you did was actually turn your FCP station into a hardware Frame Rate converter.
Next time just use the 720p23.98 easy set up to only get the footage at 23.98 so you can convert it later.
gary adcock
gary adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
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