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  • motion graphics & frame rate

    Posted by Jason Nguyen on September 7, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    Hi all,
    I’m creating a some graphics to project on big screen LED for live concert & later the editor might use these graphics in his ntsc 16×9 29.97fps digibeta source cut so which is the best way?
    1- 853×486 square pixel, progressive, 29.97fps
    2- 853×486 square pixel, lower field, 29.97fps
    3- 853×486 square pixel, progressive, 60fps

    I’m thinking option 3 render w/ motion blur on is the best since it would produce whole frame so that the editor can freeze frame or do what ever he wants.

    also, do I need frame blending to be on?

    thanks a bunch.
    J

    Chris Wright replied 17 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Chris Wright

    September 8, 2008 at 6:40 am

    his digibeta is 16:9 which is NOT square pixels, its 0.9 widescreen. and any progressive footage goes onto an interlaced digibeta anyway, so progressive isn’t a big issue. 853×486 is not digibeta NTSC (720×486) or PAL (720×576) at 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 so you won’t need to export to him higher than that anyway.

  • Chris Wright

    September 8, 2008 at 6:40 am

    his digibeta is 16:9 which is NOT square pixels, its 0.9 widescreen. and any progressive footage goes onto an interlaced digibeta anyway, so progressive isn’t a big issue. 853×486 is not digibeta NTSC (720×486) or PAL (720×576) at 10-bit YUV 4:2:2 so you won’t need to export to him higher than that anyway.

  • Jason Nguyen

    September 8, 2008 at 6:54 am

    853×486 square pixel is 720×486 16×9 non square. IF the editor use it gonna be incorporated in fcp. I’ll design in 853×486 just wonder the 60fps would help or just do in 29.97f.

  • Chris Wright

    September 8, 2008 at 8:46 am

    i didn’t see the part about freeze frame, oops…As for 60 fps, it allows for better slow motion and freeze frame effects with less line twitter. There’s more information, basically, but you would have to work in a 60 fps comp to keep the information or AE might interpolate each frame back into a field again.

    you must mean 864×486 NTSC D1 Widescreen Square Pixel uncompressed SD; to stretch a video back to widescreen after it gets “squished” when you export it from a system that doesn’t understand pixel aspect ratios.

    you only need frame blending if you are doing frame rate changes, and if you did, pixel motion is way smoother than frame blending anyway.

    The compositions pixels aspect ratio setting should match that of the final output format. So keep that in mind.

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