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    What format to shoot in for a specific delivery.

    Posted by Ben Oliver on November 28, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Hi all,

    I’ve searched and searched, and I can’t find any help for my issue.

    We are about to shoot a show and the client wants 2 formats for delivery. HDCAM pal 59.94 and HDCAM ntsc 59.94.

    We can rent just about any camera known to man to accomplish this, we just want to make sure each master looks as great as possible. What I need to know, is with these 2 outputs needed, what settings should we shoot to create both masters easily?

    I’ve created PAL masters from NTSC before, and vice versa, and they always look a little weird. Any ideas?

    Ideally we want the show to have the look and feel of 24p….

    Thanks,

    Ben

    Job Ter burg replied 14 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Job Ter burg

    November 28, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    PAL 59.94? You mean PAL 50, right?
    I’d shoot 23.976 or 24.00p (depending on where you post), then deriving your 59.94i and 50i delivery items from a 23/24 master.

  • Shane Ross

    November 28, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    You’ll need to output from an Avid Symphony for the Universal Mastering option…or output the NTSC version and have a dub house with a high end standards converter make the PAL dub.

    Shane
    Little Frog Post
    Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

  • Job Ter burg

    November 28, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    Or output to a deck at 23/24, then use the deck to do the conversions. Also note that the 50i version will be shorter.

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