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PAL to NTSC the “hard” way
Hi
i have a bunch of DV25 anamorphic PAL 25fps stock footage i have to integrate into an DV50
NTSC anamorphic program. I really want to avoid the “smearing” or “frame judder hiccup” that comes from a straight standards conversion, so I want to do it this way:slow the pal at 25 fps to either 24 fps or 23.98 fps EXACTLY
take the 24fps and pull it Down to 30 such that it will look like a film to tape xfer.
wahts the easiest way to do this? can i drop my 25 onto a 24 fps timeline in fcp, and speed it up the right percentage, then export that to 30 with 3:2 added? I have tried that already, but i am not sure waht i am actually getting.
I appreciate you guys humoring me on this.
“I like video because its so fast!”
Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc. -
6 Replies
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Bob,
I would suggest that you contact Graeme Nattress about this and find out from him if you are barking up the right tree and/or if any of his conversion filters can do what you want or possibly do it even better. I’d say Graeme knows more about frame rate conversions and the things going on behind the scenes inside FCP than anyone. You can contact him at graeme@nattress.com.
David
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY
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Thanks David!
Yes, you can de-interlace, then add 3:2 pulldown. To deinterlace, pick your favourite. I use the G Smart Deinterlace from Film Effects.
I’d export that out as a movie, then take to cinema tools, to slow from 25p to 23.98fps via conform. To get 3:2 pulldown, you’ve got to either play out to tape, or I’d use G Film Converter which adds 3:2 as a render process. Works great.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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Graeme, David
thanx fer the replys!
Do i de-interlace if its 25P, which it might be? or just “cinema tools conform” then do the rest?
bee eph
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GN, DRW
nevermind! its interlaced! will proceed from there
BTW, i doenloaded a demo of the Natress standards converter, and i was very inpressed! If i ever had to do a whole show i would buy the product. fer sher
b
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If it’s 25p with no interlacing, there’s no need to deinterlace. Just head to Cinema Tools.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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It Works!!! Awesome! no smear, no juddddder, the footage looks like film, which will cut seamlessly with the 30 p stuff that we shot!!
as Inspector Gadget would say: WOWSERS!
thanx again!
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