24f FinalCut Questions

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jayatinnovative

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Hi there. Thank you in advance for you input.

After hours upon hours of searching the internet for answers I've now decided to post my questions for your input.

We would like to shoot all of our footage in 24f to ensure the "film look" that so many of us enjoy.

What are the best settings for capturing 24f in FCP?

I have read conflicting information in the web. Do you need to run the 24f footage through any conversions for drop-down or interlacing purposes? or does FCP automatically handle that? The raw footage looks "jumpy".

What is the best sequence setting for using 24f footage that will ultimately need to be put back out at 29.97? Are there any rules of thumb regarding mixing frame rates in the editing process?

Can you shoot 24 and 60 frame on the same tape? Or do you need to change tapes each time you change frame rate?

Thank you in advance for you advice.
 
yeah you'll find good info at those links but with some time spent digging.

To answer some of your questions:

You can shoot 24f and 60i on the same tape, no problem.

I shoot my footage and (after capturing) bring it into MPEG Streamclip to convert it from .m2t files into .mov files for editing within FCP. You can download that program from here: http://www.squared5.com/

If you have any questions about using that program, just post it and I or someone else will answer.

I can't tell you how to capture your footage as I don't remember how. I've been shooting directly onto a Firestore, not tape.
 
Final Cut Pro 6, which is the most current version, has all kinds of different settings for capturing 24F. They just call it 24p. You can select the 24p HDV option, or you can capture in as DVCPRO HD in 24p, as ProRes 24p, AIC, etc.

As for what timeline setting is best, it all depends on how many effects and filters you need to add. If you are doing a very basic edit HDV works fine. If you want to ensure that your footage holds up through more intricate color correction or compositing, then ProRes, AIC, or DVCPRO HD might be more appropriate. What a lot of people do, myself included, is to capture and edit in 24p HDV. After the edit is complete, you can export in whatever codec you want as long as Final Cut offers it.

The best way to do this is to go to the EASY SETUP menu under FINAL CUT PRO at the top of the screen. In this window are all the various capture presets. For Canon's 24F / 30F just use 24p or 30p. Final Cut will take it in as proper progressive footage. If you are capturing primarily 24F footage but have some 60i or 30F footage on that tape then Final Cut will properly capture it.
 
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