first really commercial/corporate job with FCPX

[Oliver Peters]

[Richard Herd] “what does Conform actually do”

Depends on the context. As it relates to speed changes, conform was a function of Cinema Tools that altered the header info of a QT file, so that any QT-based NLE or media player would natively play that file at a different speed. If a file was recorded at 59.94fps for example, you could use CT to “conform” the file to 23.98fps, which altered only the header metadata. Inside FCP 7 and FCP X, this file will then natively play back at 23.98 as an over-cranked (slomo) clip, without rendering. In X (not a QT-based NLE) this has been superseded by using the Retime tool and selecting the automatic speed option.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Richard Herd]

[Oliver Peters] “Depends on the context”

I guess, I was hoping for some math 🙂

[Alan Okey]

[Walter Soyka] “You might want to compare Teranex output with Alchemist output. It has been a long time since I’ve done format conversion, but Alchemist was superior a few years ago and I’m not sure that BMD has actually changed Teranex.”

We’ve actually done some blind tests recently at my workplace comparing NTSC to PAL conversion using Teranex and AmberFin, and everyone viewing the test preferred the AmberFin conversion in each example.