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Varicam 59.94i from 60p flagged frames (Field Order)
If something is shot on Varicam with 60 frames flagged, and you ingest that into an Avid 1080/59.94i project, does field 1 originate from the same frame as field 2 or do the fields come from adjacent frames?
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[Jess Nottage] “If something is shot on Varicam with 60 frames flagged, and you ingest that into an Avid 1080/59.94i project, does field 1 originate from the same frame as field 2 or do the fields come from adjacent frames?”
Depends on which versions of the software and hardware- so my rule is
if you do it in hardware the higher end systems capture one interlaced field per frame.
the software conversions are often not so kind.
gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflow for the Digitally Inclined
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Thankyou for your reply Garry but what I meant was, How does the 1400 DVCPRO deck make the 1080i fields when the cross convert is set to output 720p tapes as 1080i. Does field 1 originate from frame 1 and field 2 from frame 2 (of the 60 fagged varicam frames)?
Sorry, my original question wasn’t very well structured.
Jess
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