HDX 1080p24 capturing in FCP quick verify question…

[Bryan Roberts]

3 whole frames, 2 interlanced, then 3, then 2, then 3 then 2…

That’s so cool, I didn’t know that you could actually see the pulldown like that, great stuff.

[Jeremy Garchow]

That means he shot 24p, not 24pA and that you can capture as 29.97 and remove pulldown later using Cinema Tools, or just edit @ 29.97 and make your life easy.

Jeremy

[Bryan Roberts]

So just to verify, use the easy setup capturing and with the timeline for 1080i60? Can I keep the footage already captured? If it’s going back to TV either SD or HD then will CT need to be used by the post house at some point to remove the pulldown?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bryan R] “So just to verify, use the easy setup capturing and with the timeline for 1080i60?”

Yep.

[Bryan R] “Can I keep the footage already captured?”

Is it in sync and you batch captured with timecode?

[Bryan R] “If it’s going back to TV either SD or HD then will CT need to be used by the post house at some point to remove the pulldown?”

Unless you need to deliver a 1080 psf 23.98 master no. If you do need to deliver 1080 23.98 remove the pulldown BEFORE editing. Compressor makes pretty short work of this as well with it’s reverse telecine feature as long as you log and captured and didn’t capture now in huge chunks.

Jeremy

[Bryan Roberts]

Ouch, I captured now in huge chunks. With so many tapes, I can’t shuttle through and set ins and outs for all my clips as we’re on a tighter timeline than most features I work on so I was just going to capture now the entire tapes (usually there’s tc breaks to make new clips for every different take but this tape is different as it’s continuous TC so I’m getting huge clips).

I have no idea about the master needed… so if I edit in 29.97 does that shut down some of my options later on?

I’m only 6 tapes in, what would you recommend doing, for a capture method with this project?

Again, GREATLY appreciate your help, CreativeCow is amazing…

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bryan R] “I have no idea about the master needed”

Best to find out now.

[Bryan R] “so if I edit in 29.97 does that shut down some of my options later on? “

If you need a 23.98 master, it will make the process much tougher than it needs to be.

[Bryan R] “I’m only 6 tapes in, what would you recommend doing, for a capture method with this project? “

I always recommend log and capture, always but some people don’t. It’s your call. FInd out what master you need and edit in that format or frame rate.

Jeremy