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[Kevin Larochelle] “some footage with film look (24p) and some tv look (60i) in the same show is not what I want. “
I can understand why you wouldn’t want 60i and 24p together, as there would be an obvious difference between the filmic look of 24p/30p motion and the video look of 60i motion.
You could also use Compressor to convert the 60i footage to 30p, or even 24p with 3:2 pulldown, but 30p would be simpler.
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Putting 29.97 into a 24p sequence is like trying to pound a square peg into a round hole – of course it’s going to look terrible, especially if you’re letting FCP do it. You will be far better off following my earlier suggestion and adding 3:2 pulldown to the 24p footage and editing in a 1080i60 sequence.. The difference between 24p and 30p when played back in 1080i60 with proper 3:2 pulldown on the 24p footage will be barely discernible. You’ll see far more artifacts trying to conform 30p to 24p.
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Since you’re delivering HDCAM 29.97 (1080i/59.94), I’d recommend editing in a ProRes 1080i/59.94 sequence. The 30p stuff will play back fine. For the 24p stuff, first convert it to 60i (59.94) with 3:2 pulldown using Compressor or AE, then bring it into the FCP sequence. Everything will then play back smoothly in the same sequence, and since you will already be in your delivery format, you can simply output to tape.
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[Gabriel Lahovary] “Have somebody ever had this problem? isit because i have the original h.264 file?
Are this an incommen problem when you have H.264 files in Final Cut.
“If you search this forum for “h.264,” you will find hundreds of posts all saying the same thing:
FCP 7 and earlier have problems working with native h.264 footage. For best results, always transcode to ProRes first before editing.
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What kind of camera was your movie shot with? Was it a DSLR? How did you bring your footage into Final Cut Pro?
I’m guessing that you edited h.264 footage natively in FCP, which would result in problems.
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What format is your source footage?
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[andy lewis] “All this talk about FCPX trashing NLE terminology and UI conventions… What about dumping the 200-hundred-year-old colour wheel?”
Apple apparently felt that color wheels were too complicated for the majority of their intended audience. Thus, they created the Color Board.
Think of it as the Office Assistant for grading – kind of like Clippy for color.
“It looks like you’re trying to remove red! Just click and drag here!”
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[karen cummings] “Does this mean that such a drive does not exist? If I know what my end editor will be using, then I can format for that but is there no drive that can live in both systems? “
Unfortunately there is no magic drive format that works equally well on both platforms – it’s a compromise. NTFS is a Windows file system, and HFS+ is a Mac file system. Macs can natively read, but not write to NTFS formatted drives without additional software. Windows PCs cannot natively read HFS+ formatted drives, but can do so using MacDrive software.
There are NAS (network-attached storage) devices that use other file systems (like xfs) that are platform agnostic, but NAS devices are not recommended for editing because their transfer speed is not fast enough for adequate editing performance.
Your only real options are to use an NTFS formatted drive (with the appropriate software on your Mac) or an HFS+ drive (with MacDrive on the PC). Either option would work, but if you don’t want your client to have to purchase the MacDrive software, then NTFS is probably the best option.
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FCP has an annoying quirk in which the display won’t update on a CC adjustment unless you have clicked on the timeline window just prior to making your adjustment. If you click on anything other than one of the CC adjustments, such as the Viewer window border, the display won’t update. However, if you first click on the timeline window, then make a CC adjustment (touching only the control adjustment and not any other part of the viewer window), then the display will update.
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Reformat your drive with the NTFS file system, which supports file sizes larger than 4GB.
You’ll need to install software on your Mac that will allow you to write to NTFS volumes. Here are two options:
https://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/
https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/