Don Greening
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Last nite one of my sisters-in-law had a birthday party. During one of our toasts I lifted my Bacardi and Coke and announced: “And here’s to Chris in Phoenix” and it worked. Eight people all looking like deer caught in a set of headlights. “Who’s Chris?” they all asked. “Someone who knows the value of a cocktail” I replied.
– Don
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Seasons Greetings A.B.
FYI you might also want to take the time to read the link below. Afterwards, you will be in a better position to decide how to edit your footage. Although the article speaks to using the Panny DVX-100A the principles will apply to any 24p capable camera. The article will also confirm what all the above posters have been telling you.
Knowledge is power.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/24p_in_FCP_nattress.html
– Don
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If you haven’t done so already, try posting this in the Apple Soundtrack Forum. I would also like to know if there’s a solution to this problem.
– Don
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The phenomenon concerning the long frames issue was something I’ve only heard of once before, so it’s not something I can advise you on. However, if you take the time to read the link below to a previous post concerning the issue it may be of some help. This post also points to some references in the FCP user manuals, which also might be helpful.
Sorry I can’t be of more help to you, but at least this might be something for you to go on.
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=8&postid=873476
– Don
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What sort of FCP files did you move? Were they media files or something to do with the program itself?
– Don
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Hi Jane,
You refer to your camera as being the XL1S but your concern about inadvertantly shooting 24p can only be done on the XL2. If you did indeed shoot with an XL1S then you can only shoot in 2 modes: 30 interlaced frames a second or in ‘frame’ mode, which was Canon’s version of progessive with the XL1S. On The XL1S one can only change the shooting mode by drilling down in the menus, so unless you made a concious decision to change the mode it was probably still set to do interlaced.
Easy to tell if it’s interlaced or not: in your video editor just pause the footage in the middle of some movement and you should see the two interlaced fields clearly i.e. sorta like a ghost image of one of the fileds that doesn’t quite line up with the other image. Does this all make sense so far?
Let’s review now, shall we? 🙂
XL1S – 30fps interlaced is also called 60i which is an actual frame rate of 29.97fps NTSC
– 30fps in ‘frame’ mode is also called 30 progressive. But Canon’s frame mode is not true progressive, but for the purpose of explaination we’ll call it 30p. Progressive mode is when the camera records a complete frame every 30th of a second instead of 2 interlaced fields every 30th of a second. The actual frame rate of 30p is still 29.97fps NTSC.XL2 – 3 shooting modes: 24p – this is true progressive aquisition with an actual frame rate of 23.98fps.
– 30p – true progressive @ 29.97fps NTSC
– 60i – 30fps interlaced which is an actual frame rate of 29.97fps NTSC– Don
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I’ve just found out that Canon has promised a Mac version of their Console software for next year’s NAB.
– Don
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……….and that’s why I asked Graeme this morning to lend a hand with this problem of yours. The fact that Ben showed up out of the blue and dispensed his advice was an added bonus that also proved to be invaluable. I never realized that the DVX100 series cameras could be so………finicky.
Merry Christmas, Kyle. Stick by the COW and you will have chosen………….wisely 🙂
– Don
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There’ll be a little extra something in your stocking this christmas for your trouble 🙂
– Don
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Indeed. What I would be curious about is how it would compare to say, the Thompson Viper, which has often been described as the biggest, baddest digital motion picture camera in all the land. But like yourself, I’m in the latter of the two groups you mentioned, and can only speculate. Something new to see at NAB 2006 I guess.
– Don