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  • Red Footage conversion help

    Posted by Hemanth Kumar on February 12, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Hi

    I have Quicktime footage shot on a red camera at 23.976 (progressive)

    I now need to convert it to 29.97 interlaced. The time durations need to be locked (10sec red footage –> 10 sec ntsc)

    The current workflow being followed:

    Import the Quicktime re-interpret the footage to 29.97 and drop it NTSC comp. Strectch the footage to 125% and enable frameblending

    Render the comp to 29.97 interlaced.

    Is there any other steps or a better mechanism that can be followed.

    Also is this got to do anything with pull down stuff?

    Please help

    Rijeesh Rajachandran replied 12 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Ceri Payne

    February 13, 2009 at 11:24 am

    Dave LaRonde Oh, and there’s just one more thing:
    If you want to play like you are the oh-so-artsy-fartsy Directeur du Film, you should at least learn what you are doing BEFORE you do it. Frankly, if you were working for me, I wouldn’t let you anywhere near a RED camera until you had learned the basics of frame rates and pulldown, a technique that has been in use since they started showing movies on television in the United States of America. Think the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Years.

    Cripes, Mr. “What’s Pulldown?” is shooting on a RED camera, while my photographer limps along on a twelve-year-old Beta SP camera. Heck, he’d kill to have something that was built during this stinkin’ decade!

    It just ain’t fair.

    I have to say Dave this is an utterly mean spirited and patronising comment, I thought the idea of this forum was to be supportive and nurturing to people who are learning new skills. It’s very easy for someone with a lot of experience to shoot down someone who has come here looking for help.

    And as you seem to think it’s fine to criticise someone’s professionalism who you have never met or worked with, I’m sure you’re fine with me telling you that if you were better at you job you would generate more income for your company and you could afford a better camera for your crew.

  • Hemanth Kumar

    February 13, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    Thank you sir,

    I guess its the same mechanism used to convert 24p to 25interlaced

    regards
    Hemanth

  • Rijeesh Rajachandran

    August 13, 2013 at 3:29 pm

    hi
    Dave LaRonde

    I am using FCPX. i want to convert red 24p to 50i is this possible

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