blurred image at 24p

[chris@sol-productions.org]

Hi

I just shot some snowboarding this week with the p2 set at 1080i and at 24p. When I view the clips in FCP 6, they are blurred, at times with entire lines of the moving image cut out. However, when I watch the captured clips in Quicktime, they seem much better. Are my settings just wrong? If so, what should I be working with?

Many thanks!
Chris

[bigbossbmb]

did you remove the pulldown?

[chris@sol-productions.org]

how do you do that?

[chris@sol-productions.org]

yes, i believe the transfer settings as well as capture presets both were set to remove "advanced pulldown and duplicate frames"

[David Jimerson]

Did you shoot 24p standard or 24pA?

If you shot 24p standard, FCP will not automatically remove the pulldown. It only works with 24pA in FCP.

[chris@sol-productions.org]

i shot standard 24p, but:
1) when i "log and transfer' in FCP 6, under preferences I have selected a preset saying "remove advance pulldown and duplicate frames"

also:
2) when I try and apply "tools" + "Remove advanced pulldown..." it says that "this .mov clip does not contain DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD, or DVCPRO-50 NTSC Video"

isn't that wierd? I am absolutely sure I shot in 1080i 24p

[David Jimerson]

Standard 24p doesn't use advanced pulldown, so it's either not going to work at all or it's going to make a mess of your footage. Like I said, you can't remove standard pulldown automatically in FCP.

[chris@sol-productions.org]

I understand... but I guess my question is, how ought I import this 1080i/24p footage so that it doesn't look like a mess? Because right now, it won't play in the timeline or the viewer without being all messed up...

The only place I can view it normally is through Quicktime... ...

Sorry if this is a dumb series of questions, I'm just not getting this workflow right now... it's worked for me in the past, and I don't know why it isn't now...

Thanks for your help
Chris

[David Jimerson]

You should either work with it in a 29.97 timeline, or use Cinema Tools to remove the pulldown (I think it can handle DVCPRO 100 1080). Ask in the FCP section for details on procedure.

[Nexis]

What I'd like to know is whether anyone has imported 1080/24p footage (not 24pA) into FCP with flawless results (using Cinema Tools or whatever). So far, I'm waiting to hear, because to my knowledge, it can't really be done effectively.