24p-Advanced, Da-Vinici Color Correction, and DVD Authoring

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Soulfabric

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I'm looking to figure out my work flow for the following. I have a feature length documentary that I shot at 24p-Advanced on my DVX-100A, and edited on a 23.98 timeline in Final Cut Pro. I'm just about ready to lock my picture, mix my audio, and do color correction.

Looking into pro houses here in LA that will use a Divinci for color correction, they want me to bring in a Digibeta sub-master and an EDL that will allow them to load all my cuts into their machine. They'll then color correct tape to tape mastering on another Digibeta.

My problem with that is I want to master my DVD at 24p! If I color correct directly to a digibeta tape, it seems to me I'll be forced to master a DVD at 29.97 when I re-import the color corrected project into FCP.

Anyway around this short of color correcting it myself in Final Cut???
 
...and then 3:2 pulldown can be removed later from the D-beta in the MPEG-2 authoring process. Not a big problem.
 
MikeCurtis said:
...and then 3:2 pulldown can be removed later from the D-beta in the MPEG-2 authoring process. Not a big problem.
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Thanks for the help -

So I just recapture from the color corrected digibeta tape, and use cinema tools to remove the advanced pulldown? Or do I have to have the production house create the MPEG-2 with their hardware?
 
Yes, but consider everything you are putting your footage through. You'll need to get your original miniDV footage converted to DigiBeta, which although light, is still a compression format. Color correction, then back to DigiBeta, more compression. And all of this will defeat your 24pA, since they'll all convert you back to Standard pulldown. Back to miniDV at some point, more correction, and then into your PC for extract. Unless some pro house is doing the mastering, but who knows what they'll do. That's a lot of mileage. The upside is having a professional colorist work on your footage, but the downside is degrading it in other ways.

I recommend the new book DV Rebel's Guide. It's got a great all-digital workflow that requires minimal storage and rendering, and gets you a digital master of the highest quality.
 
Good point on all the compression. I think what I really need to do is keep everything online and do color correction with final cut and final touch without going to tape at all. Anybody know of somebody or someplace reasonable in Los Angeles?
 
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