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Remove Film Look from 23.98 HD Footage
I’ve cut a highlights reel of a multi-camera live 1080i program in FCP 7. 99% of our material is crisp, clean 1080i HD that was delivered in XDCAM 1080i60. For all its beautiful HD material, the original shoot missed the crowd.
We found nicely framed crowd shots in BTS footage, all at a 23.98fps rate. Some of it was delivered in XDCAM EX 1080p24 and much of it (unfortunately) in H.264. All of this material (especially the H.264) has the soft, somewhat blossomy “film look.” In its initial SD DVD release the inserted BTS content wasn’t that distracting, but in full HD it sticks out very badly amidst the other clean footage.
As we approach an HD release with our locked track and an impending deadline, a mass-conversion to a film look isn’t really possible and would fight the live aesthetic of the overall piece.
Is there a sharpness filter or other combination of processes or settings that can minimize the film look of this BTS footage we’re integrating into our piece? Thanks a lot!
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[Joseph Finneran] “Is there a sharpness filter or other combination of processes or settings that can minimize the film look of this BTS footage we’re integrating into our piece?”
Not really. The 23.98 progressive timebase is what mainly makes it look different since everything else is 60i. Besides color correcting it to match the clips around it and maybe sharpening it a bit like you said, the clips are what they are. Sorry.
tony
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Thanks – all good suggestions. The shots were a little more saturated, and I added a combination of sharpening, noise reduction (to keep the former from really popping the grain) and a “Too much Too Soon” filter called Reduce Interlace Flicker and it seems to help a bit.
I was hoping that there had been some new solution created for this issue in recent releases and upgrades, but I guess if the information isn’t there it isn’t there.
Thanks again,
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If its for a real w no audio, speed itup a little bit. Or usecompressor to change the timebase to60
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