PAL into NTSC timeline

[Chris Borjis]

you need to convert it first with compressor.

[Chris Poisson]

I just did this yesterday, Compressor does a great job.

Have a wonderful day.

[David Roth weiss]

[Tom Prigge] “Can an HD 1080 PhotoJpeg file at 25fps be brought into a FCP (5.0.4)NTSC timeline?”

Tom,

Sure, it can be, it will look like garbage, but you can do it.

To make it pretty you’ll need to invest in a good standards conversion plugin, such as https://www.nattress.com/Products/standardsconversion/standardsconversion.htm. It’s not expensive, and you really need to follow the instructions to the letter, but it’ll do a good job.

David Roth Weiss
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[David Roth weiss]

[Chris Poisson] “I just did this yesterday, Compressor does a great job.”

Chris,

Di you go from PAL to NTSC or did you go NTSC to PAL?

David

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[Chris Poisson]

PAL to NTSC.

Have a wonderful day.

[Tom Prigge]

Just so I have this straight: I can bring the PAL file into an NTSC timeline–by itself, nothing else on the timeline. I then launch Compressor and go to Advanced Format Conversions and choose what I want to convert it to. Correct?

[David Roth weiss]

No, you would pre-process the file, meaning bring it into Compressor before ever importing in FCP.

Check out the Compressor solution as the two Chrises recommended. When going NTSC to PAL it has worked for me, but going the other direction I’ve always found I needed a good standards converter.

David Roth Weiss
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[Alexander Kallas]

[David Roth Weiss] “When going NTSC to PAL it has worked for me, but going the other direction I’ve always found I needed a good standards converter. “

David,
With Compressor, for stunning results from PAL>NTSC you have to use the optical flow technology in the frame control tab of Compressor. This will actually write the missing frames, and re-write the frames to the correct size. Pick the best settings and take a few days off (unless you can cluster some Macs) The results will compete with the best hardware converters.

Cheers
Alexander

[David Roth weiss]

[Alexander Kallas] “With Compressor, for stunning results from PAL>NTSC you have to use the optical flow technology in the frame control tab of Compressor.”

Way cool Alexander… Good to know about that. That’s why I like here, I too learn something new every day.

David Roth Weiss
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[Alexander Kallas]

Hi David,
…. and of course you now know that this workflow also works great the other way ( NTSC>PAL, fewer frames but different frame-size )

Cheers
Alexander