30fps footage on 24p timeline?

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Kugar13

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Is thre any harm on importing 30 fps footage on a 24p timeline? all the behind the scenes footage shot on my project were shot 30fps. The main footage was shot on 24pa.

Thanks!
 
Kugar13 said:
Is thre any harm on importing 30 fps footage on a 24p timeline? all the behind the scenes footage shot on my project were shot 30fps. The main footage was shot on 24pa.

Thanks!
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I would work in a 29.97 timeline. What camera did you shot your project with?
 
My project is 24pa, shot on a dvx100a
The other guy shot the behind the scenes on a NTSC 30fps camcorder.

Any harm in combining 30fps projects and 24pa projects on the same dvd (using Adobe Encore)?

Thanks!
 
Kugar13 said:
My project is 24pa, shot on a dvx100a
The other guy shot the behind the scenes on a NTSC 30fps camcorder.

Any harm in combining 30fps projects and 24pa projects on the same dvd (using Adobe Encore)?
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Oh, perfect. The DVX actually records the image at 29.97 (with flags for 24p playback), so for your behind the scenes video, create a 29.97 project, and import all your footage. Your 24p footage should come in at 29.97, and play fine with the other 29.97 footage.

As for mixing footage on a DVD, it shouldn't be a problem.

BTW, if you're not ever going to a film out (making a film print), it's better to shoot in just 24p mode over 24pa - the 24pa mode is set up for making it easier to film out.
 
You'll have to make a new project (or timeline if your using CS4) and use regular NTSC settings. make sure that "Remove 24p pulldown" is unchecked in the Interpret footage tool so that Premiere treats as 24p footage, not 24pA. Then add it to the NTSC timeline with the 30p footage and that should do it.
 
You may see a little bit of a strobe with the 24pA footage. You might want to export the segments you want to use as NTSC before you add it all to the 29.97 timeline.
 
Thx!

Thx!

Looks like I may need to switch to 24p instead of 24pa. I was under the impression pa was better, but I don't think I'll be exporting to film any time soon. I have noticed a bit of a strobe with my 24pa footage on past projects, especially when I use Media Encoder to export my projects.

I can't thank you guys enough!

I'm amazed by how much you guys know!
 
You want to shoot 24pA any time you're planning to edit as 24p, no matter what your output is. It's not just for "film" output.

You want to edit as 24p any time you're working with all-24p footage.

The only time you want to shoot 24p standard is when you're mixing with other footage and need to do it on a 29.97 timeline -- and mixing with 30p is one of those times, because 24p and 30p do not convert well to one another.

Otherwise, shoot 24pA and edit as 24p. It's the correct timebase for the footage and you still have all of your output options available.
 
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brilliant!

please tell me there is a book somewhere that clears up all these answers. i hate bothering you guys, but am very grateful for the amazing help!
 
Any harm in combining 30fps projects and 24pa projects on the same dvd (using Adobe Encore)?
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Wouldn't your BTS segement be on a diifferent timeline anyway? I would just edit the feature in a 24p project, and edit the BTS in a 30p project. You can have them both on the same DVD, just not on the same timeline within Encore.

-Kevin
 
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Sacksnack said:
Wouldn't your BTS segement be on a diifferent timeline anyway? I would just edit the feature in a 24p project, and edit the BTS in a in a 30p project. You can have them both on the same DVD, just not on the same timeline within Encore.

-Kevin
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Yes.
 
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