24p vs 24pa

astroanalyst

astroanalyst

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I know it must be an old question but I have a bad memory.

Is there any advantage to 24pa if you are never going to film? Does the 24p pulldown in the camera do an equal job to any NLE or compositing program?

thanks
-astro
 
24PA has *nothing* to do with going to film or not.

24PA is the right choice to choose when you're editing on a 24P timeline. Whether you're editing for a DVD release, or web release, or internet release or anything, doesn't matter. What matters is how you intend to edit the footage.

If editing on a 60i timeline (or if you're not editing the footage) then 24P is the right choice. If editing on a 24P timeline, 24PA is the right choice.
 
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Barry,
But is there any 'advantage' to using one format over the other? Does 24pa look better than 24p?
Using a 60 or 60i timeline seems like a matter of choice... like should I drink apple juice or orange juice...


and Papa... I saw your other thread concerning strobing ... I too am having similar problems... that's why I want to know if 24p is good enough because I can't figure out how to change the timeline to 23.98 for 24pa footage as one person suggested. I'm still experimenting.

-astro
 
24p and 24pa are the same for look. 24pa has a marginal potential quality edge simply becuase fields don't have to be pulled apart and recompressed. As Barry said if the point is to edit 23.98 then use 24pa. it's much easier for editing.

60 and 60i are the same thing. There is no standard 60p.

What editing software do you use? If it's FCP then you can't change the FPS of a sequence after you add clips. Create a new sequence and make it 23.98.
After removign pulldown your clisp are 23.98. If you put them in a 24fps sequence you run the potential for the editign software to toss in extra frames occasionaly to make it actually be 24fps. It also means you're likely to have to render every step of the process. If it's 23.98 then it just uses the clips directly.

Strobing- you're shooting at a lower fps than normal video. You need to move the camera slower just as you would when shooting real film.
 
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