upconverting from 480i29.97 for 1080p24 delivery – should I use 1080sf29.97 ?

[Frank Valtellina]

Acquire in the original DV format 480i29.97, then select all DV clips in the browser, go to “Inspector” select “Settings” menu and check deinterlace function. Edit your clips in timeline, select all DV clips and select the better “Frame sampling” in “Rate Conform” menu in the “Inspector” 😉

[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Frank, thanks very much for your help and feedback. But as I have the Kona LHI card, isn’t it better to upconvert to 1080 with that hardware than not doing so? As I will be editing and delivering a 1080 project.

[Frank Valtellina]

FCPX make a very good job during deinterlace process. You can upconvert with Kona and deinterlace with FCPX. I suggest to make a test both ways.

[W thomas Leroux]

I agree, Frank – having the native footage can give you some additional flexibility down the road too.

[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Frank, sorry to bother you with this, but I’m not seeing a de-interlace option in Final Cut Pro. Can you help me locate it? Thanks very much in advance. This is what I see in my inspector window when I select an upconverted (from 480i29.97) 1080i29.97 clip:

[Frank Valtellina]

1) Select all the clips

2) Select Settings in roll out menu (number 1) (look the picture)

3) Check Deinterlace (number 2)

That’s all

[Nicholas Natteau]

Got it thanks Frank. The only problem is when I put a checkmark in the “deinterlace” column, it changes the fps timecode of the clips from 29.97 to 59.94:

[Frank Valtellina]

It doesn’t matter, the reference is the Timeline setting.

[Frank Valtellina]

When you deinterlace a clip don’t change the “Field Dominance”

[Michael Grenadier]

First, there is a difference between 24fps and 24p (which is actually 23.976). I’m assuming you mean 24p for your new footage.

How were your old newsreel footage clips digitized? If they were transferred “properly” It may be possible to remove the pulldown to restore the clips to progressive 24p. Happy to describe the details of exactly what’s going on here, but probably not necessary. I abandoned apple editing software many years ago when Apple abandoned fcp7, but this used to be possible in Cinematools which was part of FCP Studio. It may still be possible in Compressor, but you’ll need to do some research on that. It is a feature in AfterEffects if you have access to it.

Removing Pulldown will give you better quality than just deinterlacing and retiming. Also, scaling the SD material in compressor with the best quality options enabled will probably do a better job of scaling than FCPX albeit with a much greater rendering time.