[Paul Ray]

The source is 1080i.

In Compressor I selected my output field to be progressive under the Frame Control tab.

[Paul Ray]

Thanks everyone… I’m shooting with the 5D, so 24p is not an option at this point. Does anyone have experience with Nattress Film Effects? They claim to do 24p conversion.

Reid, that DSLR guide is sweet, thanks for the link.

[Paul Ray]

I just tried this technique in compressor, and the footage came out looking choppy. Any suggestions as to what I’m doing wrong?

[Paul Ray]

I just found some new threads that cover this subject….

My new question is this, what is the best plug-in to buy to get the 24p look, and is it that much better than converting the footage yourself in compressor?

[Paul Ray]

I did what Brynn suggested, changing my FCP settings to import the stills in at 1 frame in length each, and dropped them into my timeline. Then, I took a bit of Ben’s advice, exporting the 400 frames as a Quicktime file, opening the file in Quicktime, then exporting it again with the settings I desired (Apple Pro Res. and size etc…). The next step for me is to learn how to use motion so I can do some slow pushes and pulls….

There is very likely an easier way to do this that requires less steps, but I took what I understood from above and made it work.

Thanks again everyone!

[Paul Ray]

Thanks everyone…. It works!

[Paul Ray]

This helps a lot, thanks…

Can you point me in the right direction to learn a bit more about the interlacing issues I need to be aware of? I’m doing one version of the video for TV, and one for the web.

Thanks!

Paul