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  • Interlacing on the Canvas?

    Posted by Kevin Monahan on July 11, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    Hey Guys,
    One of the editors here where I’m working asked me why he doesn’t see interlacing on a clip in the Canvas, when he can see it in the Viewer and in QT.

    My answer was that he needs to hook up a NTSC monitor to see interlacing for any clip in the Canvas.

    I think I’m right, but is there another reason that he wouldn’t be seeing these interlace artifacts in the Canvas, when they are clearly visible in the Viewer?

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    Kevin Monahan replied 18 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Matt Callac

    July 11, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    It’s always been my understanding that it is only displaying one field, which is one of many reasons you need an NTSC monitor.
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  • Shane Ross

    July 11, 2007 at 6:13 pm

    Right…Viewer shows you exactly what the footage looks like…shows you what you have. The canvas shows you a low res proxy image, so that you get more RT on the timeline…which is why many many things are clear in the Viewer, but soft in the Canvas.

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  • Kevin Monahan

    July 11, 2007 at 6:25 pm

    Thanks for the clarification, gentlemen. 😉

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  • Nate Martin

    July 11, 2007 at 7:33 pm

    If you make the Canvas display 100% you will see both fields.

  • Tom Brooks

    July 11, 2007 at 7:37 pm

    In some cases, the Viewer shows interlacing.

    From the FCP5 manual:
    When playing back media with the Viewer scaled to 100 percent, both fields of interlaced video are displayed. If the Viewer is scaled to anything other than 100 percent and you

  • Tom Brooks

    July 11, 2007 at 7:38 pm

    I’m slow today.

  • Kevin Monahan

    July 11, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    Yes, I was just thinking that too. Canvas set to 100% is also a good way to check the quality of your fx as well.

    Kevin Monahan
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