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FCP X Auto-conforming footage: proper 3:2 pulldown insertion?
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Guys, I’m confused where you’re coming from.
Last night I exported a 1080/29.97i “Project” with a 1080/23.98P clip inside it and it exported it perfectly with 2:3 interlaced pulldown.
Just NOW, I made a 720/59.94P “Project”, put a 1080/23.98P clip inside it, and exported that.
The resulting 720/59.94P Quicktime had the correct repeating cadence, 2 solid repeating frames followed by 3 solid repeating frames, then followed by 2, then 3. Over and over again. On a constant speed panning shot so I can see it with my eyes as well, it’s smooth.
It all seems to work for me, and I understand clearly what the issue was with FCP7 as I had to go out of my way to do it correctly many times in other programs.
Nate Weaver
Director/D.P., Los Angeles
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You’re right Nate. Just exported another 720/59.94 clip and it’s correct. Whew! My mind just thought it saw it wrong last night since it’s so used to it in FCP 7. =)
And when you were talking about 30p issues I read that backwards, as in putting 29.97 footage in 23.98. That’s when you need a Teranex. And I tested a 23.98 clip in a 30p timeline in FCP X and it’s correct, too, just like Gary mentioned.
Think I need to get some sleep.
tony
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>And when you were talking about 30p issues I read that backwards, as in putting 29.97 footage in 23.98. That’s when you need a Teranex.
Actually, the Terenex does a horrible job of this. 3 years ago I directed a concert in 30P, and then 5 months later they did a theatrical release of it via DCI.
We did tests for a week. Compressor’s Motion Compensated frame rate conversion won. The Terenex looked awful. The 90 minute render took 48 hours. 🙂
Nate Weaver
Director/D.P., Los Angeles
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[Nate Weaver] “The 90 minute render took 48 hours. :)”
Sounds about right. Not that I love Compressor, but it can do a good job sometimes, even if it takes it jolly ‘ol time. Sad to hear about your issues with Terenex.
tony
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Just tried this myself, and FCPx does this correctly in a 1080i program.
You have to go up to the little light switch in the playback window, then choose from the drop down menu under Display > Show both fields. You will then see what looks like squiggly lines of bad interlace, but if you set the playback window to 100%, it’s clean 3:2 interlaced pulldown.
Jeremy
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