[walter biscardi] “25 frames is generally a PAL format which is upper field first.”
Walter, in PAL-land we’ve got the disgrace of having some codecs (DV, DVCPro25, DVCPro50..) “lower-first” and other codecs (8/10b Unc..) “Upper-first”.
When you import those kind of footage to FC, the application set the field order as I mentioned. When you import Animation, FC set “Upper-first”. If you export a graphic from AE to set in a for example DVCPro50 sequence is better to export it Lower-firs, so you don’t have to “shift-fields” in FC. However you have to be careful and change the ‘field order” in the Brownser because 100% FC will set it “Upper-first”.
Cheers,
rafael