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Frame rates
Hi all,
Working on an animated show and we’ve been working in 24fps and are getting clips delivered from the animation company at 24fps. However we will need to deliver at 23.97.
Our plan right now is to interpret the footage at 23.97 and copy the previous timeline (that was at 24fps) into a new 23.97 timeline. Is this the cleanest way to do it? Seems like it results in a slightly shorter but haven’t noticed syncing issues. Is there a better way to do this?
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2 Replies
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In the virtual world 24fps and 23.98fps are effectively the same thing. The distinction is an electronic one. In software, you are only changing the presumed playout rate against the real-world clock. You are only changing metadata, like changing between drop and non-drop. There are times when this presumption matters a lot in production, especially when synchronizing video with audio because audio relies on the clock, not frames, but when you drop a 24fps clip into a 23.98fps timeline, nothing changes except the presumed playout rate. If you are producing for television, your playout will be 23.98 (or 59.94 which is the same sync rate), and if you are producing for computers or theatrical, your playout will be 24fps, so if you want to know the actual length of your production, you want to work in the appropriate timeline.
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Gone are the days of 3:2 pulldown for me.
Any oddities I just punch it through AME.
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