Stupid dissolve question

[Bret Williams]

I have a matrox, so I dont know the AJA output settings, but if it’s incapable of adding a true pulldown to the 24p then some sort of monitoring weirdness should ensue. But the monitor shouldn’t have a problem with progressive, since the AJA is obviously downconverting to NTSC. It’s the frame rate that seems to be giving the AJA a hiccup. Maybe someone knows more about the settings.

But a basic matrox mxo2 mini would handle this situation without blinking. At $450 it might be worth a buy if the AJA can’t handle it.

[Bret Williams]

Oh, your monitor is HD. I equate NTSC to SD. I’m sure it should be able to handle the signal somehow. The LHi should be able to convert it to something it can use at least.

[Lawrence Marshall]

My AJA Kona LHI does put out a very beautiful, detailed hi-res image to the Sony, but I have to set its output to 720p 59.94. When I set the AJA to output 720p 23.98, I get nada – – just scrambled interference on the Sony.

At 720p 59.94, the image from the AJA on the Sony is beautiful. But that’s where I’m also seeing these less-than-fluid dissolve and fades. Also, I’ve got a bunch of photos in this show I’m comping, and when they move left to right, or when I pan up and down the photos, those moves too are less than fluid. They’re fine, I guess – – they are not “sticking” as if the timeline is sticking or the hard drives can’t keep up – – they just don’t move s-m-o-o-t-h-l-y.

[Matthew Bradshaw]

I don’t know if this would apply to you but … I have had issues where just the transitions have been rendered with the wrong field dominance. I think this particularly can happen if you paste a sequence into a sequence with a different field dominance. You might search the cow forums, I found one link https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/973465 Previously I found a really good discussion but of course I can’t find it now. I hope this helps.
Matt.

[Lawrence Marshall]

Good thought, Matthew – except I am working with frames, not fields. All footage was shot progressive (no field dominance) and I’m editing on a progressive timeline…