Replies – Forums – Andrew Clancy

Forum Replies Created

Andrew Clancy
December 2, 2011 at 5:20 pm in reply to: By mistake I batch conformed 30fps footage to 24fps, what’s best way back?

Thanks Rafael,

I’ll take a look. I looked at different threads and given the uncertainty around it I might be better off hopping in my car for a day and grabbing the footage again!
Andrew Clancy
December 2, 2011 at 4:07 pm in reply to: By mistake I batch conformed 30fps footage to 24fps, what’s best way back?

Hi Shane,

It’s b-roll footage, no audio, so it’s not the main footage.

I had some 60fps shots alongside the 29.97 footage. I thought that by highlighting only the 60fps clips that Cinema Tools would only conform those.

It was the original files and a back up hadn’t been done yet.

So as opposed to natively shot 24fps, these conformed 24fps shots can’t be properly changed to 29.97fps, is that correct?

Thanks,
Andrew.
Andrew Clancy
December 1, 2011 at 5:18 pm in reply to: Should I interlace 7D footage for NTSC beta delivery

Thanks for the reply Neil.

I followed your detailed settings and I’m now getting the green bar (I was getting the red bar) which means I can work much faster in that sequence.

You hit the nail on the head when you suggested 99% of my footage is HD so I’ll do a test on editing in HD and dropping into SD then, and replacing the SD footage as you suggested.

Thanks again.
Andrew
Andrew Clancy
November 30, 2011 at 2:13 am in reply to: Should I interlace 7D footage for NTSC beta delivery

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the information. You mention a ProRes, NTSC 4:3 sequence, how do I go about getting this? I’m using FCP7 and in sequence settings there’s an NTSC 4:3 option.
When I drop a ProRes file into this, and select No when it asks to change sequence settings to match, it needs rendering before I can view it, which is going to be time consuming. Maybe this is the only way?

Delivery is on Beta SP as opposed to Digi Beta so regarding field dominance, should I manually select upper field first, Upper Odd, (it’s usually left None) or is this not necessary for Beta SP?

Anything I should look out for regarding Pixel Aspect Ratio? It’s default is Square.

Thanks,
Andrew.
Andrew Clancy
November 29, 2011 at 9:16 pm in reply to: Flickering (interlacing?) on video

If by flickering you mean the lights or lighting appear to be flickering then that does sound like the issue I get when shooting on the wrong shutter speed for the situation on a HDSLR. I don’t know a cure I’m afraid, just the prevention.
Andrew Clancy
November 29, 2011 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Best approach for editing with 1080 and 720×486 footage?

Not on a broadcast monitor, no, only on a LCD monitor.

Also, I’m working in a PAL country so NTSC equipment isn’t handy.
Andrew Clancy
November 29, 2011 at 2:30 am in reply to: Best approach for editing with 1080 and 720×486 footage?

Thanks for your comprehensive reply Chris, I followed what you said and it’s looking good.

I rendered and exported a clip, the SD footage has the interlaced lines while the 1080 stuff has some lines visible but not as much as the SD. I’m guessing that this is OK and the progressive footage is now interlaced?

As this is my first time delivering to tape (it’s usually web delivery) what am I looking to do with Compressor to make it suitable for delivery?

As I’ll be putting the finished edit on a hard drive for someone to put onto Beta for me, I thought exporting using the current settings would be good enough for this.

Thanks again.
Andrew Clancy
November 28, 2011 at 10:37 pm in reply to: Best approach for editing with 1080 and 720×486 footage?

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the advice on de interlacing

When you ask ‘Which do you the most of?’ are you asking which footage will I be using the most of? If so, the 1080 footage is what I’m using the most, the SD footage will be used sparingly.

Thanks.
Andrew Clancy
August 19, 2011 at 10:51 pm in reply to: Best FCP7 workflow for 7D NTSC shoot with export to Beta

Thanks Shane, your advice has been great and has put my mind at ease!

With regards to CS5.5, I have a Macbook Pro (Intel Core i7 with AMD Radeon HD 6750M, 1GB VRAM and Intel HD Graphics 3000 cards) which I don’t think will enable CUDA.

Do you think CS5.5 is going to stutter on my Macbook Pro handling H.264, as FCP does with such files? If so I might as well stick with FCP.
Andrew Clancy
August 19, 2011 at 6:35 pm in reply to: Best FCP7 workflow for 7D NTSC shoot with export to Beta

Hi Shane thanks for the great reply.

I just shoot some test footage with the latest firmware installed and it comes out 29.97 according to the Quicktime Inspector panel, even though in the camera menu it says it’s set to 30fps, I’m assuming that’s all OK?

Thanks for tutorial too, out of interest how do you feel about converting to prores through media manager or MPEG Steamclip? Is the Canon plug-in superior?

You mightn’t be able to help on this but I’m looking at moving to CS5.5, though the time and space saved on converting could be undone with the learning curve. Am I right in saying that selecting a 1080i 29.97 sequence in CS5.5 will work the same?

I’m waiting on word back as to 4:3/16:9 and other delivery details (people are on holidays at the moment), do you have any tips on maintaining title/action safe through the 7D viewfinder or while I need an external monitor?

Thanks again,
Andy.