Field Dominance Question

[Michael Gissing]

Leave the field setting to upper for the sequence. Only set sequence to none if the content is true progressive. HDV is interlaced so that was poor advice.

All you have to do is drop the deinterlace plugin on the freeze frames. FCP has a basic deinterlace filter which is fine for a freeze frame. I use Nattress deinterlace filters if I choose to deinterlace moving pics in an interlaced sequence to achieve a progressive look. Good deinterlace plugins help reduce the resolution loss.

[Bret Williams]

So Tom, I’m just curious if you read my or Will’s post at all in your previous thread. We gave you the same advice you’re getting here.

1920×1080 is the correct size.
Use the deintsrlace filter.
It won’t be a gig I’d you export as still image and choose tif,
jpeg, etc.

[Tom Alexander]

Did everything recommended. Still having the problem on about 10 still “freeze frame” images.
Woke up to a new QT output with the same problems. Scan line double images on 10 stills and
HDV 10801i material that was once pristine has an annoying scan line effect on camera moves.

I agree with a recently added post. FCP seems to have no intelligence. If everything I put into this program was set right to begin with, just making “freeze frames” from within the program from the source material, should not be so impossible. And to make things worse, everything looks great
in the program viewer, it’s on Qt output where the problems show up.

I’ve done programs like this several times before without a problem.