[Sam Woolf]

Hi Rafael and David,

Of course you are both right – setting the field order to none is only a patch – there is obviously something wrong with the software installation. However, seeing as I am going to end up progressive anyway I think it might be a patch that will see me to the end of the project.. I’ve just been reading some other posts on cow that seem to suggest that setting field order to none and using a deinterlace plugin is a valid way of deinterlacing anyway. Normally I would use frame controls in compressor – but now I’m thinking this could be the way of solving both my problems (the weird image thing and the need to deinterlace) in one go..
A coupe of final questions – David, you hinted that I might be setting myself up for other issues by changing the sequence field order – any more details as what could go wrong –

Rafael, you said drop on a good deinterlacer filter, is there a free one you’d recommend? I know the fcp one has a bad reputation..

Many thanks!!

Sam

[Sam Woolf]

Thanks David,

As it happens, my final output will be progressive.. But I’m still concerned about quality loss in the interlaced video parts of the sequence. I suppose I could deinterlace this footage in compressor and then I would have entirely progressive source footage in a progressive sequence, but that would take forever.. Also I’m still not clearer on what is causing this field problem on the images in the first place, given that it does not happen on my own system (6.05 on laptop)

[Sam Woolf]

I only have access to computer monitors here, however, I am viewing at 100% so I am seeing both fields.. at other scales where only one field is seen the image sometimes is completely black – which to me confirms my suspicion that a field is somehow getting dropped on these stills.

I have just found a possible solution – which is to change the sequence settings to prores and field dominance to none – this makes the images perfectly sharp and gets rid of the field issue – however there is also interlaced video in the sequence, so I am a little concerned I might be losing quality in the video if I take this approach. The final output will be progressive anyway – so maybe it doesn’t matter?

Sam.

[Sam Woolf]

though have just discovered the problem goes away if I change the sequence field dominance to none..

[Sam Woolf]

Hi Rafael,

Have just checked and it does say ‘none’ under field dominance.. any other thoughts?

many thanks, and hope all going well in Laos!

Sam.

[Sam Woolf]

currently on 10.5.6 and qt 7.5.5 – must have missed a qt update – but not because of any issues..

Sam.

[Sam Woolf]

Hi Jeffrey,

As it turned out, the problem was not related to the fcp update. The system is working fine now and I haven’t had any other upgrade related issues.

Fingers crossed, you should be fine!

Sam.

[Sam Woolf]

I don’t suppose your currently recruiting?

[Sam Woolf]

Thanks Rafael – thats kind of what I thought and was hoping to be the case!

Just clicked on the link to your site – Laos is a beautiful country – I was there last Christmas!

Sam

(www.samwoolf.net)

[Sam Woolf]

thanks – that could be worth a try..
If anyone else has the same issue – I found a way of getting back into the project at least.. if you rename the problem file the project reopens with the file unlinked, rather than just hanging and then crashing as it searches for data.

Fortunately most of the footage I needed must still exist in fcps render directory – so even though it shows up as unlinked I was able to export something usuable..

Sam