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How to convert an NTSC sequence to a PAL one?
Hi,
I have a client working on a show at the moment. Based in the UK all of our material is pal, and all our digi masters are pal.
But somehow the timeline default on the clients FCP was set to DV/DVCPRO-NTSC.
They’ve been editing for three days, so starting from scratch isnt really an option.
Can anyone guess the best way of converting the timeline from NTSC to PAL. We did try copy and pasting, but due to the frame rate conversion there are holes in the picture and the audio slips out of sync.
Is there a quick way to solve or prevent this from happening. At the moment, the only solution I can think of is to go through the pal-converted sequence and eye-match everything back into place and slip the sound back into sync.
It’s looking like a long night unless anyone can shed light?
Thanks in advance,
chris.
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3 Replies
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i’ve a feeling you have a long night ahead .. however you may want to try this method first:
export your NTSC sequence as an XML file
then reimport that XML file, and in the import options set the default to DV PAL and uncheck the Override with settings from XML option
open the newly created sequence into the timeline, select all the clips contained, and press command option v and remove the Distort attributes.this may get you no further than the copy and paste method but is worth a shot I should think as it will take only a minute to test
good luck
Andy -
Well, my friend and I have spent the last three hours closing gaps and stretching cuts – but I’m pretty sure that your advice set us up on a good footing.
If you’re ever in Bristol(Uk), Andy, I’ll buy you a pint.
Many thanks,
Chris.
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[Chris Foogs] “…but I’m pretty sure that your advice set us up on a good footing.
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Hi
Teaching editors to recognise when their Canvas timecode counter is spitting out 30 frame seconds is also essential for that good footing.
I’ll buy you the pint, as I am in Bristol… 😉
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