[David Abelson]

Can you help me with this situation?

I have completed editing a film that was shot on a Panasonic DVX100 camera in mixed modes, mostly 24P, some in 24P Advanced and a couple of scenes in 60i. All the tapes were captured at 29.97 in FCP and we cut the film in a 29.97 sequence.

Now we want to upconvert the film to HD and do a frame rate conversion to 23.98. What is the best way to do this?

I realize we should have shot and captured differently. The question now is how best to resolve these issues given that we have locked picture?

Can I use Cinema Tools to remove advanced pull down from 24PA footage and use reverse telecine to remove pulldown from the 24P footage?

I have never used Cinema Tools so any help will be welcome.

As for the 60i material it seems it will be best to convert that through a Terranex to 23.98 and then cut it back into the sequence. There is just a small amount of those shots.

Finally, do I need to worry about audio sync issues as I embark on this conversion process?

Thanks.

[David Abelson]

Thanks for your quick response. Can you elaborate at all on what the sync issues that we will encounter might be? Is this hard to fix or just a matter of slipping or extending the shots a frame or two over?

Also do you know anyone in New York who has experience doing this process? If we have to do it I want to hire someone with experience with doing this?