Aaron Neitz
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On our Kona SD system, as well as our Io systems, in order to digitize and have it remove the jitter frames creating 23.98 media, you have to do two things:
1) create a capture preset that has timebase as 23.98
2) digitize everything starting on an A frame (normally :00, :05:, :10, etc…)We’re actually in the process of loading feature film dailies from Digitbeta, and digitizing to 23.98 fps DVCPRO-50. Working like a charm thus far.
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So you are going to cut a version from the finished tape? You have no access to the dailies?
This is a problem I have often when cutting reels for, say, costume designers who provide me with a DVD of their feature work. The best way to navigate the problem is to simply cut in such a way that you never use those half/half frames. Deinterlacing will lose you half resolution which will look crappy.
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try switching your Alpha Type for the PSD under Modify?
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Are you using an output device like a Kona or Io? This was a problem I had in earlier versions of FCP (3) with Digital Voodoo products….
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or even better, when you digitize that tape, just input from the “super” on the deck and have it do a window burn for you.
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Hm…. the easiest thing to do would be to lay off a tape (which will be 29.97… I assume you’re working on a Kona, etc. system?). Digitize that as a single chucnk, plop on the “timecode window” effect, and give that to him. Since 29.97 is an analog of 23.98, you won’t have to worry about sync drift.
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They must be on an old version of Protools. Especially since 23.98 is a totally valid HD framerate. But if I’m not mistaken, there’s something by Protools called DigiTranslator (or something like that) which will bump 23.98 to 24.0 for a session.
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We’re doing a similar project now. Cinema Tools will generate a 24fps edl from a 30fps. It’s accurate – but keep in mind that since you may have cut on 3:2 jitter frames, those won’t reflect in 24fps land. So media may be 1 frame off in HD land.
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Media Manager in FCP 5.0.2 is BROKEN. It only seems to work if you have NO speed ups and often no filters enabled. It doesn’t “delete unused media” , it gets timecodes wrong, and I’ve seen garbled up reel names as well.
It partially worked in 4.5, but it is USELESS in FCP 5.
I’m with you – Media Managment in FCP is precarious junk.
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Effects -> Widescreen
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Crop to match the HD stuff