[Tom Meegan]

Not really a brief subject:

https://www.dvmp.co.uk/digital-video.htm

But the short answer is that PAL DV is the same as NTSC DV: Lower (Even) field dominant.

PAL D1 is Upper field dominant.

NTSC D1 is Lower field dominant.

The nomenclature of ODD and EVEN is troublesome because in some specifications the first (top) line is referred to as line 0 and in other specifications the same line is referred to as line 1. Thus ODD and EVEN are poor names for fields.

However in Apple’s FCS world EVEN is always the same as LOWER which is always the same as BOTTOM.

Good luck.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

https://www.rippletraining.com/final_cut_pro_6_getting_started_dvd.html

https://www.totaltraining.com/prod/apple/finalcutpro5_ess.asp

https://training.creativecow.net/dvd_store/get_organized_fcp/get_organized_fcp.html

Here is my take on these providers:

Ripple Training is great. Don’t hesitate to spend money on their products for Apple. They specialize in FCS, and care deeply about quality.

Total Training is generally pricey, but worth it. I used TT to get up to speed with After Effects and was very impressed with the quality of the presentaion.

Shane Ross is a working editor. If you have to deal with a lot of footage in FCP, this DVD will save you acres of frustration.

[Tom Meegan]

More pixels will be filled with image by going anamorphic. This will preserve some quality.

This question may be a practical matter for the folks who are taking delivery.

Best practices and problem solving are sometimes not the same.

How will the tape be used? What facilities are available for the next step? Will playout be from beta, or will it be converted again before projection?

Ask the people for whom you are delivering what they need.

Best of luck.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

If you need the border to move with the image, nest the color matte Tom mentions above with the footage.

To make the nest, select both layers and then hit Option-C. Name it appropriately.

Option double click the nest in the time line to load it into the viewer, then use the motion tab to move the nest around.

Happy Independence Day!

The Other Tom

[Tom Meegan]

Good luck, Ron. Let us know how it turns out.

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/chroma_key_fcp_hd_monahan.html

[Tom Meegan]

It is unlikely to be a sample rate issue

[Tom Meegan]

My guess is an impedence mis-match between what is coming out of the ADVC 110 and your monitoring gear.

How are you monitoring the sound?

Does it sound overmodulated?

Best,

Tom

[Tom Meegan]

Hey,

What Russell said is true, and is the key to a good trouble shooting technique for aspect ratio issues.

It is difficult to diagnose exactly what is happening on your end without seeing the images

[Tom Meegan]

Anamorphic DV NTSC has a pixel aspect ratio of approximately 1.2. 720×480. When viewed as standard DV it looks squished.

Letterbox has pixels on the top and bottom filled with black.

Anamorphic is a check box in a browser problem. It effects how FCP displays the footage.

If anamorphic is checked, and the image doesn’t look distorted when you play it in FCP, the footage IS anamorphic.

If you want the footage to be letter-boxed, create a non-anamorphic DV NTSC sequence, and then add your anamorphic footage