Justin Reade
Active member
As a veritable novice in the arena of HVX200 utlization and FCP 5.1 editing, I will apologize beforehand should this question appear to be redundant or "already answered." I am simply confused by FCP 5.1's inability to edit in a 24/23.98fps timeline. It appears that the framerate is 29.97 or whatever.
I have seen previous explanations of this, but said explanations generally presuppose that people are conversant in the technical language of FCP and "pulldown" and all those ratio definitions.
My understanding is that FCP 5.1, as a matter of brute force, requires us to edit only in 29.97fps timelines, even though I -- for example -- have set the HVX to record in 1080i/24p. I seem to have gleaned that if I shoot in 1080i/24pA, that FCP 5.1 has an "advanced pulldown" setting that effectively strips the 29.97 frames down to 24, so that I can actually edit in a 24 frame timeline. (a) is this correct?
And assume for the sake of argument that I have filmed some footage in 1080i/24, as opposed to 1080i/24pA. (b) will I still be able to have my end product (quicktime movie burned to DVD) appear as 24fps (if so, how do I make this adjustment for purposes of successfully exporting as such), or will my end product be 29.97fps?
I again apologize for any ostensible stupidity contained in my post, but I'm new to this, and trying to get some information from y'all (the expert HVX community)! Thank you!!
--Justin.
I have seen previous explanations of this, but said explanations generally presuppose that people are conversant in the technical language of FCP and "pulldown" and all those ratio definitions.
My understanding is that FCP 5.1, as a matter of brute force, requires us to edit only in 29.97fps timelines, even though I -- for example -- have set the HVX to record in 1080i/24p. I seem to have gleaned that if I shoot in 1080i/24pA, that FCP 5.1 has an "advanced pulldown" setting that effectively strips the 29.97 frames down to 24, so that I can actually edit in a 24 frame timeline. (a) is this correct?
And assume for the sake of argument that I have filmed some footage in 1080i/24, as opposed to 1080i/24pA. (b) will I still be able to have my end product (quicktime movie burned to DVD) appear as 24fps (if so, how do I make this adjustment for purposes of successfully exporting as such), or will my end product be 29.97fps?
I again apologize for any ostensible stupidity contained in my post, but I'm new to this, and trying to get some information from y'all (the expert HVX community)! Thank you!!
--Justin.
