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how to recpature reverse telecine clips
Hello,
I’m working on a vfx / graphics edit that is requiring me to work at 24fps w/ non-color corrected footage. The project was shot on film and telecined to Digi-Beta. I’m capturing everything from Digi-Beta and then reverse telecine-ing all of my clips in Cinema Tools to 23.98fps. I’m on FCP 5.0.4 on a G5.
In the end, the plan is to get the selects re-color corrected in a supervised session and then to conform the edit to the new color corrected footage.
On a normal 29.97 job this would be no problem, the timecode between the two color corrects would be the same and the recapture and conform would go absolutley smooth.
My question is this: what’s the technique for recapturing my footage after it’s been reverse telecined to 23.98. The timecode between my offline edit and my new re-telecined footage will be different.
I have some workarounds I can use, but I was wondering if FCP takes this into account and if there’s some kind of established workflow for recapturing footage that’s already been reverse telecined.
I know when FCP captures footage from the Varicam or DVX and removes “advanced pulldown” it keeps the timecode the same so that there’s missing timecode frames. This allows recapturing. But when you reverse telecine the 29.97 timecode seems to be destoryed…. Any ideas?
Thanks,
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7 Replies
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Do you have a capture card?
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Yes. Blackmagic HD Pro 4:4:4
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Does that card include and presets for 23.98 that ARE NOT hd setups?
I know the Kona can do this, not sure about Blackmagic.
Jeremy
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As far as I know, Blackmagic cannot remove 2:3 pulldown on the fly. I’d love it if they could. They do have 23.98 presets, but I see no ability to remove pulldown on the fly.
Sam
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Usually that mean it does, but you have to be careful on how you log it. Just like Cinema Tools, each capture attempt must start on an A frame (usually a 00 frame), such as 05:25:56:00. Try logging a clip starting on on a Frame and capturing using the 23.98 preset. This is how the Kona works, I bet the Blackmagic’s not that much different. You also have to make sure your BM card and FCP and calibrated accurately to your deck to account for frame offsets. The FCP manual explains this in great detail (how to calculate the proper offset).
Jeremy
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YUP! THAT WORKED.
You learn something new everyday. THANKS A MILLION. I can’t believe I didn’t know that my card could do this. Dang!
Sam
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Cool.
Remember to have some fun.
Jeremy
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