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Pasting clips to a new sequence carries over a frame blending problem…
I’m convinced this is a sequence setting that I am unaware of, but I’m really stuck on this and could use some help. I’m relatively new, my workflow is probably quite flawed (please feel free to suggest improvements).
-We shot interviews on a couple of Canon DSLR’s. Shot 1080 24p.
-I used Pluraleyes to sync.
-I hopped over to DaVinci to color correct the footage, output it all ProRes 422 1080 24.
-Then I came back to Premiere and replaced the clips on the synced sequence with the graded footage.
-At that point, I put that sequence on a new one so I could edit with the multicam feature. I realize this is backwards from the typical process, but I don’t know how to get a multicam sequence into DaVinci, and it was fast enough to correct the footage first.
-Now, I get this weird frame-blending thing going on. It’s not interlaced, but during playback it kinda looks like interlacing. (this is where my ignorance starts to show)
-I assumed it was because the sequence was originally set for h264, but I couldn’t change the sequence settings, so I made a new sequence with all the settings from the new footage. 1080, 23.97 (also tried straight 24… the source footage is 23.97, but the Prores footage is 24), Prores, etc. When I copy the footage from the old sequence to the new one, I still get the motion issue.
-So, I thought it might be because of the nested sequence (from the multicam) but I can’t figure out how to “un-nest” it.
-As a final troubleshooting step, the Prores footage outside of this sequence looks great. Only in this sequence or anywhere I copy-paste it to.If anyone can help, I’d appreciate it. I’m sure there is a much better way to do it than this kludgey mess.
Thanks
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So, when you view the ProRes files both in the source monitors as well as in the OS explorer/finder, they look fine, then?
This is no doubt related to editing once in 23.98, then replacing your footage with 24. If you shoot in 23.98, you GOTTA stay that way all the way through.
What happens if you create a fresh sequence with a 24 FPS timebase and drop the 24fps clip in there?
I am a little fuzzy on your sequence workflow, but just so you understand, you’re dealing with TWO levels of sequences here – the original with the many layers of video, and then the sequence that you nest that one in to edit the multicam. You must make sure that BOTH sequences are 24fps if that’s your footage. If you only changed one of them, that could give you a problem.
I would, in the future, recommend either correcting your footage first, then importing and editing, or editing and then color in Davinci. Edit then color then more edit is asking for trouble.
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Thanks for the reply. I went back to DaVinci, re-rendered the footage at 23.97 and that fixed it.
I agree, the workflow is pretty kludgey, but I need the audio for sync on the front end, and there’s no good way to go from the finished sequence into DaVinci, because it won’t take multicam/nested sequences.
Thanks again…
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