making a freeze frame in fcp

[Rafael Amador]

The effect that you are getting is normall because your freeze frame it contains the two fields of the picture and probably in the image there is some movement. the playhead read; Fiel 1, field 2, fiel 1, field 2..
You just have to deinterlace the picture and will look OK.
Salud,
Rafael

[Tom Wolsky]

Are you looking at your video output on a video monitor? You need to do that to see the video correctly.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Sergey Levchin]

thank you both for your responses. some further questions:

– could this be an interlacing problem if the video was shot in 24p?
– what exactly is keeping FCP from displaying the image properly; i.e. why do i need a video monitor to see the image correctly?

thanks again

[Tom Wolsky]

Any interlacing problems have nothing to do with 24p, but the nature of the video format you’re working in.

You need a video monitor because the sequence is rendering it into a format designed for display on a television set, not on a computer screen.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Rafael Amador]

If you shot 24p there is not way of having interlacing problems because you are shoting PROGRESIVE. As I said when you make a freeze frame from interlaced material is almost a must to de-interlace it otherwise you will get this kind o shake in the areas with movement. Just look in the FC Filters>Video>De-interlace (Set upper or lower first is the same in your case).
Another reason why you can be getting a “low quality ” freeze frame is if you have slow-down the image and you are trying to freeze a frame that has been interpolated.
As Tom says , the best is that you use an external interlaced monitor or TV. Is where you can really see the interlacing problems.
salud
rafael

[Chris Poisson]

What Rafalos says is true, if you shot true progressive. 24p from the Panasonic DVX100 has fields, as pulldown is put in by the camera for 29.97. 24pA is progressive, but the slowdown could be introducing fields. I would suggest a third party deinterlacer like Joe’s or BCC’s. TMTS also has a smart deinterlace filter in the latest verison, and they are free.

The best deinterlacer I have however, is Fields Kit, which also has a re-interlacer. Very cool product. revisioneffects.com

[Sergey Levchin]

thank you chris, a very interesting response. i don’t know whether the footage was shot in 24p or 24pA because it is a video transfer of film footage. the transfer house told me to set my timeline to 23.98fps, rather than 24; does that mean one or the other?

the clip is playing at its normal speed. (is that what you mean by slowdown?) and, at any rate, i had pulled the frame from the subclip, before putting the subclip into the timeline. (is it better to make a freeze frame from the master clip, the subclip or the timeline? or is it irrelevant?)

finally, is it because TV screens work with interlaced fields that video footage only looks right on them? what if one is working with true progressive footage, can a computer monitor give a reliable image then?

thanks a lot for your responses

[Rafael Amador]

Working with interlaced footage you can allways get wrong with a progresive monitor. Things that are OK can look bad and things thar are wrong interlaced can pass unnotided. An interlaced monitor, even a simple TV, wont decive you.
Salud,
Rafael