[Kevin Haga]

ok, thank you. Yes, I did read the FieldsKit manual.

With all the forum posts out there, it gets confusing. For example, when I read about dropping the 29.97 into a 59.94 comp and using 2x, there seem to be an advantage where Twixtor was intelligently filling in frames and going to 59.94 – however, I wasn’t sure if great results were also achieved without Twixtor.

I’ve been trying to make sure I understand the best way to leverage FieldsKit for deinterlacing only, and not messing with time conversion, but I need the best results. Spending a total of $600 to get great deinterlacing seems steep, but FieldsKit for $90 works for me, if the results are great too.

After reading your answers and looking at the manual again, it makes more sense to me. On Windows, I have used a freeware setup for deinterlacing HDV 60i sequences that mimicked the FieldsKit/Twixtor approach – going to 59.94 and then back again (based on Debugmode Frameserver, AviSynth, VirtualDub tools), but I need an equivalent solution for CS5 on my Mac Pro, so I’ve been researching various products.

Thank you for the prompt answers!

[Kevin Haga]

ok, thank you. Yes, I did read the FieldsKit manual.

With all the forum posts out there, it gets confusing. For example, when I read about dropping the 29.97 into a 59.94 comp and using 2x, there seem to be an advantage where Twixtor was intelligently filling in frames and going to 59.94 – however, I wasn’t sure if great results were also achieved without Twixtor.

I’ve been trying to make sure I understand the best way to leverage FieldsKit for deinterlacing only, and not messing with time conversion, but I need the best results. Spending a total of $600 to get great deinterlacing seems steep, but FieldsKit for $90 works for me, if the results are great too.

After reading your answers and looking at the manual again, it makes more sense to me. On Windows, I have used a freeware setup for deinterlacing HDV 60i sequences that mimicked the FieldsKit/Twixtor approach – going to 59.94 and then back again (based on Debugmode Frameserver, AviSynth, VirtualDub tools), but I need an equivalent solution for CS5 on my Mac Pro, so I’ve been researching various products.

Thank you for the prompt answers!

[Kevin Haga]

ok, thanks – the Mac Pro will not have FC nor Compressor – extra $$…

I’m certainly open to a plug-in for helping. Still not sure about the workflow that is used by professionals to go from 1080 down to 640×360.

If I have a 1080i in PP, what size comp would I create in AE? If it’s 1080 and I use the plugin to deinterlace, where does the scaling to 640×360 occur? I am used to large outputs – for example, I have 10 GB files for 15 minute videos already. I just feed these into Squeeze.

I like the current flow, since I can scale the video down, then add graphics in AE at the scaled down size (640 x 360). If I have a 1080 comp in AE with graphics/animation, how do well do they get scaled down?

Thanks again