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  • Pansonic Frame Converter and Apple Pro res 422 HQ codec

    Posted by Peter Von puttkamer on December 20, 2007 at 5:51 am

    Hi, I’m doing a 1080 23.98 project- shot on HDX-900. I’m loading into Final Cut 6.02, thru
    a Kona Card- and Apple Pro res 422 HQ codec. Some of my footage was shot at 720 59.94p
    for slo mo purposes down the road. Usually I cut in firewire-based DVC PRO HD- and the
    Panasonic Frame Converter works great- at creating very accurate slow motion. Now that I’m working in PRO RES 422- does anyone know if the frame converter works? Or will I have to try something else like Cinema tools? Or capture those scenes in DVC PRO HD?

    Thanks

    P.

    Gary Adcock replied 18 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Sean Oneil

    December 20, 2007 at 6:03 am

    It will only work w/ DVCProHD.

    If the intended framerate is 23.98 then try and use Cinema Tools. CT may not work with progressive-scan footage though. I haven’t tested this w/ the latest version. If it doesn’t let you do it then try putting the footage on a ProRes 23.98 sequence and render a little bit. See if it gets it right (you never know).

    Otherwise it’s gotta come in at DVCProHD. I usually avoid the frame converter tool. It’s old and who knows if it even works w/ FCP 6. With FW you can just bring it in at 23.98 during capture using the 23.98 capture setting.

  • Gary Adcock

    December 20, 2007 at 3:04 pm

    [gryphon] “Some of my footage was shot at 720 59.94p
    for slo mo purposes down the road. “

    the HDX 900 does not generate the necessary flags to use the frame rate converter for this task. ( and as Sean says it needs to be DVCPROHD)

    Use CT and conform to the slower frame rate.

    gary adcock
    Studio37
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