[Paul Campbell]

Hi, Ann. It’s actually going to be for NTSC, but I hear what you’re saying. Is the act of upscaling the reason why it’s not letting her fit it onto the DVD?

[Paul Campbell]

Hi. I’m not sure what combination of things I used (maybe I was clicking too fast), but it’s working now. I thought I’d tried your suggestion already, but it’s working now. Thanks for the reply.

[Paul Campbell]

I’m hoping there’s another way to convert the .swf file to an FCP-usable format other than purchasing the full version of Flash, but hey, if that’s what I must do, then I shall. Thanks,

Paul

[Paul Campbell]

Hi, Melissa. John hit this one right on the head. You mentioned that “a few” clips were shot at 29.97. This won’t take too long in Compressor, and like he said, turn Frame Controls on and set the controls to “Better” or “Best”. You might consider using “Best”, since you only have a few clips to convert. Don’t be alarmed when the file size of those clips jumps into orbit. I use this workflow quite regularly…although I’m ready to give the Nattress software a try, just to see how well it compares to the Compressor method. Good luck!

[Paul Campbell]

Daniel, thanks for the link. I’ll post something as soon as I get home!

[Paul Campbell]

Brian (and all), sorry for not being completely forthcoming with my info. I shall tell you everything I know about the origin of the clips:

-Originally delivered to us on a data DVD by a graphic artist (That’s all I know about this part. We simply had files delivered to us on disk. I don’t know what application(s) was used to create them, nor do I know the guy personally. This was farmed out prior to my involvement)

All properties info on the clips comes from pulling up properties in Final Cut Pro, which are:

720×486
Animation codec
Lower field dominance
Frame rate is 29.97

Regarding your question about the possibility of these things being progressive without proper deinterlacing, I have no idea. I’m also not able to put anything online at the moment…I need to find a good site somewhere that will allow me to upload for free (any suggestions?).

Thanks,

Paul

[Paul Campbell]

I do understand the difference…I’m just having a bad day I guess. Thanks for the replies. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[Paul Campbell]

Daniel, won’t I need to seriously scale the animation up if it’s only 640×480 in my 720×480 timeline? Or am I just not getting the jist of your reply here?

[Paul Campbell]

Hi, Chris. What you describe in Option 2 is almost right on, only it’s reversed. The original animations are 720×486, and my timeline is 720×480. When I drop the animations in the timeline, they show up as being 98.something of scale, which I then just change to 100 to fill up the entire screen. Is this small amount of upscaling possibly what’s making the graphics look jumpy?

I could use a timeline of 720×486, but the music videos I drop in are ripped and turned into QT movies at 720×480 in MPEG Streamclip, and since it’s a music video countdown, I figured that would be the defacto definition.

[Paul Campbell]

My timeline is progressive, and the original animations just look pixelated and nasty in the timeline when I just drop them in natively. As soon as I deinterlace them, bang, they look fantastic…but the motion is jerky and weird. It almost makes me wonder which is less offensive to the eye.

Yeah, FCP still tells me the clip is lower field first after I convert. I’m either not doing it right in Compressor, or like you said, FCP isn’t being accurate.