The not so usual 24pvs24pa

STYLZ

STYLZ

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O.k. so I have the dvx book and dvd...been their done that. Spent who knows how many hours reading these forums. Question is..(1.)If you are shooting strictly for the web should'nt you shoot 24pa? Computer monitors are progressive right. Nowhere have I seen this confirmed. Talk is always about shooting for T.V. or for filmout. If shooting for the web shoot 24pa and edit in a 24p(23.976 or actual 24p?) timeline right? Any sort of pulldown remvoval? Leave it be? (2.)If shooting for digital projector what should framerate and timeline settings be?

Thanks in advance
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Doesn't matter what you intend your footage to be displayed on, what matters is how you intend to edit the footage.

If you're editing on a 24p timeline, shoot 24pA. Always.
 
You edit on a 24p timeline when you shot 24p footage, and you want to stay in the 24p domain for your graphics, titles, everything. And you can master your project to a 24p output for web delivery, 24p DVD, or, yes, filmout.

Back in the dark ages (about two years ago) when NLE's didn't support 24p timelines, then it made sense to shoot in regular 24p mode and edit on a 29.97/60i timeline. But now that every major editor has finally gotten their act in gear and support 24p timelines, 24pA is the only way to go.
 
I have never used 24p on my camera...... as Barry said theres just no need if you have the 24p timeline option.

If of course you are limited to older software that doesnt have this then shoot 24p and edit on 29.97 timeline.
 
You can go interlace or progressive for web (vast majority of youtube is standard interlaced video downsized) but if you have the option progressive is a bit nicer. Computer monitors aren't interlaced and people are more likely going to pause or the speed of connection may slow down the frame rate, making the interlace more annoying than standard video monitors.
You'll probably geta better compression rate as well since you have less frames per second and less addedd detail of the interlace lines.

If you're resizing to 320 x 240 or running at less than 30fps then the interlace lines will end up being merged to some extent but would be cleaner with progressive to start.
 
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