Katie Mims
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Scratch what I just said. I just looked at more clips on an HD TV, and not all of them look good. Some of them look exactly like this:
https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/…2a42ab07_o.jpg
https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/…66a704db_o.jpgSo obviously I had a setting wrong when I was recording. Gain? What?
I’ve already realized that I should have shot this entire project in 30p, because there is so much motion going on. Is that related to this poor quality I’m getting?
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Plugged in to an HD TV, the footage looks great. It’s only in Final Cut that the problems occur. The captured footage played in QT looks a little better than it does running through FCP, but not much.
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I’ve gone over this issue again and again in the last few days, and can’t seem to solve it.
When put in the timeline, the 3:2 pulldown is removed properly, but the footage still looks like crap. Even the raw footage is low quality and looks like it has aliasing and pixelation when I look at the clips in QT.
Can anyone help me?
If someone can tell me what the best capture settings and workflows have been for them, maybe I can figure out where it is that I went wrong.
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Chris,
I went back and looked at my footage clips in QuickTime again, just to make sure I was right, but the artifacts are still there. It looks like a combination of interlacing and aliasing.
I definitely shot in 24p, NOT 24pA. No question there.
When I click through the frames, I end up with three frames that look good like this: https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2947685254_bf6cdf5085_o.jpg
And two that look like this: https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2947684240_4b330318ff_o.jpg
When I look at everything edited in FCS, it looks absolutely horrible. I tried multiple sequence settings, and I can’t seem to find anything that looks right.
Ideas? What have I done wrong somewhere along the way?
Thanks,
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As I said in my post, I’ve already searched through all the forums. Everything that I found is either dealing with other V1U issues unrelated to capture settings, and the rest are either unanswered questions or outdated information from FCP 5.
Thanks for trying to help though.
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I’m also looking for a similar solution in FCP. Did anything ever come of this thread? I’m digitizing from a Sony HVR-V1U.
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[Marco Solorio] “If you’re having problems with 24pA, you could try shooting in 24pS and removing the pulldown manually.”
I’m thinking my cadence issues were a result of the 24pA format. With the Sony HVR-V1U it was my understanding that one of the main differences between the two formats was simply that 24pA starts every shot with the A frame. And from what you are saying, one is also cadence free?
Do you edit on FCP? Is there a workflow you have used with FCP and either of these formats that has worked better than others?
Also, are there pros and cons of 24pA vs 24p in regards to outputting on DVD, web, large screen projection, possible TV broadcast?
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[Marco Solorio] “- 24p (or 30p if you must) looks better on the computer screen than 60i or 24p over 60i (i.e., 24pS).
– Codecs don’t have to deal with interlacing, which can result in a better encode.
– If you must resize, you wont have to deal with interlacing.
– File sizes will be smaller which equals better bandwidth of course.”I’ve definitely heard this before…however, I did try to do a project in 24pA and had HUGE issues. I couldn’t get the workflow quite right. I ended up with cadence issues, judder and multiple other problems.
The idea of not having to deal with interlacing is very appealing.
What workflow do you use when you edit 24pA, going to web and DVD?
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Michael,
What do you think about the 24p versus 30p? You sound pretty happy with your 30p footage.
I’m guessing the ease of editing you’re talking about is in FCS2? I haven’t updated yet, but am about to.
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Right, but shouldn’t the pulldown in 24p be removed in editing, instead of just tossing it into a 60i timeline and treating it like 60i?