Interlaced lines in my 1080p footage?

[Noah Kadner]

Remove Advance Pulldown tool- assuming you shot 1080 24pA. Otherwise you run it through CinemaTools.

Noah

[Pierre]

oops. I don’t think we shot 24P A.
What’s the cinema tools process? I guess that’s a question for another forum?

[Noah Kadner]

Yes- it’s actually kind of a cruddy one too. I’d suggest a trip to the FCP manual- it outlines the basics with CinemaTools.

Noah

[Pierre]

So is the HVX footage ever going to recover from interlace hell? Or is the footage now just doomed to a laborious process of trial and error in Cinema Tools only to find out that the best that can be done is still a compromise?

[Jeremy Garchow]

In this case, it’s operator error. If you would have shot 24pA, it would be the click of a button.

[Noah Kadner]

Exactly. 24pA exists solely to prevent you from this extra work in post but unfortunately you learned the hard way. Sorry…

Noah

[Noah Kadner]

But the flipside is that your footage is totally recoverable to 24p via CinemaTools and in the end will not look any less than it would had you shot 24pA. Just more work to get there.

Noah

[Gary Adcock]

[Michael Pierre] “Shot 1080 24p on the HVX-200. Converted to quicktime files through P2 Log. Imported quicktime files into FCP 1080 60i DVC-PROHD timeline (couldn’t find 1080 progressive option).”

Please remember that the 1080 24 and 25 are Progressive segmented frames so that they most often play back as 48 or 50i

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

[Pierre]

thanks everyone. Yeah- definately our mistake. Glad to hear it can be fixed with a little elbow grease.
Michael

[Pierre]

I ran some footage through Cinema Tools. I used the conform to 23.98. The footage still looks interlaced.
Perhaps it’s the reverse telecine function?

Advice?

Thanks,
Micahel