60i --> 24p - fresh info wanted

Efexone

Efexone

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I'm sure this has been asked before but I'd like some fresh input.

I'm working with footage shot with an FX1 at a high frame rate in 1080i. I need to convert it to 24p without any artifacts + maintain that crisp, high shutter speed look. I'm looking for software that can do this for me. It doesn't need to play nice with Vegas but it would be a plus. if anyone knows a way to achieve this in vegas 8 without a huge loss in quality, let me know :D.
 
There's going to be a quality loss no matter what -- up to half your vertical resolution. It simply can't be avoided.

Some of the better software for this is DV Film Maker and Magic Bullet.
 
Maybe, but it doesn't really matter -- either way, you have to make whole frames out of half-frames -- fields. Or, if you blend fields together to make a frame, you have to blur out the difference between them or anything moving will have a comb artifact. Both mean decreased resolution no matter what you do. You might be able to keep MORE of your resolution in certain respects, but you're always going to lose some, and in places where there's good movement, you'll lose probably half.
 
David, your comment about comb artifacts caught my eye. A while back I did a project and one of the clips has a very distinctive comb artifact. I shot the footage with a Canon GL2 but I am not sure now whether it was in 60i or their simulated frame mode. My question: I'm not sure what you mean by "blur out the difference between blended fields". In Vegas, what settings should I fiddle with to try to eliminate comb artifacts?

David Jimerson said:
Maybe, but it doesn't really matter -- either way, you have to make whole frames out of half-frames -- fields. Or, if you blend fields together to make a frame, you have to blur out the difference between them or anything moving will have a comb artifact. Both mean decreased resolution no matter what you do. You might be able to keep MORE of your resolution in certain respects, but you're always going to lose some, and in places where there's good movement, you'll lose probably half.
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You choose a deinterlace method in the project properties. For anything that has more than a minimal amount of motion, you should choose "interpolate fields."
 
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