720p60 timelapse in 23.98 timeline

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adamp

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Please help! I'm working on a project in SD shot mostly in 720p24pa then dubbed to tape (I'm using it for the slow motion), but I am also shooting a few timelapses in 720p60 using the interval record setting.

I am editing in a 23.98fps timeline in FCP 4 HD. What workflow should I use to send the 720p60 footage to tape, and then into my 23.98 timeline? Everytime I dub to tape then capture, when I drop the 720p60 shot into the timeline, it requires rendering and looks crappy.

Please, any help at all! Should I be shooting in 720p30 for the timelapses? What pulldown does the HVX add to the footage when dubbing to tape? Is there a way to import the actual P2 footage in HD and then downconvert it into an SD project instead?

Thanks
 
FCP-HD does not have the DVCPRO-HD Frame Rate Converter. You have to use that tool to get the in camera slow-motion, and it has to be imported from the MXF data into FC without the pulldown. Don't think you can go to tape first, then get the slo-mo into FCP.

But I've never tried it.
 
thanks justyn. i actually tired Cinema Tools already and 'conformed' the 60P footage to 23.98, but it gave me strange, almost 'interlace-like' lines on some areas of the footage, especially the subjects that were moving quickly. Did I do it wrong?
 
i just went back and played around with it some more, and figured it out. turns out i forgot to deinterlace back in FCP.

here is some help for anyone using the HVX for a DV project in a Final Cut 23.98fps timeline, looking to use slow motion & timelapse.

for slow motion, shoot in 720p24pn mode to the P2 card, then dub to a tape in-camera using the 24PAdvanced pulldown. then capture to FCP using 24pAdvanced pulldown removal.

to incorporate a timelapse clip (shot using the Interval Record feature at 720p60 setting to the P2 card), shoot the timelapse to the P2 card, dub to the tape and capture as you would any 60P footage. Then, in Cinema Tools, open the clip and "Conform" it to 23.98fps. Reconnect the shot in Final Cut, then de-interlace it. You should then have a smooth, sharp timelapse clip in the same time base as the rest of your project.

have fun!
 
adamp said:
i just went back and played around with it some more, and figured it out. turns out i forgot to deinterlace back in FCP.
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Forgot to deinterlace? The material isn't interlaced to begin with.
 
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