Elton
Veteran
Hey everybody,
I know that some of you are trying to figure out how to work with 24F stuff on a 24P timeline.
I wanted to share a method I've found that seems to work most every time with the FCP/Cinema Tools combo.
The problem thus far with my SDI to DV100 captures has been that I often had to do multiple inverse telecine passes in Cinema Tools to get the correct extraction of the 3:2 pulldown.
Now, I seem to have something that works every time.
Workflow:
--Ingest of HDV or live SDI to DV100 or PhotoJpeg into FCP. You could convert m2t's via Mpeg Streamclip too.
--Line up a clip with the first progressive frame after pulldown frames (i.e. the combing interlace frames you see on movement--harder to detect on static frames though)
--Mark an in point on that frame in the viewer, mark an out point on the final pulldown frame of the same clip
--Export as a self-contained movie (no recompression)
--Import clip into Cinema Tools
--Click on inverse telecine button
There are four boxes in this window
--Click on F1-F2 under "Capture Mode"
--Under File: click New (smaller)
--Under "Conform to", click 23.98 and check mark on Standard upper/lower
--Under "Fields", click DD and Style 1
Well, that looks like alot of work, and it certainly is for a workaround, but the results are worth the hoops you have to jump through. With clip extractions you can work in a true 24p timeline in any codec you want from 24F footage.
Hope this helps some of you.
Elton
I know that some of you are trying to figure out how to work with 24F stuff on a 24P timeline.
I wanted to share a method I've found that seems to work most every time with the FCP/Cinema Tools combo.
The problem thus far with my SDI to DV100 captures has been that I often had to do multiple inverse telecine passes in Cinema Tools to get the correct extraction of the 3:2 pulldown.
Now, I seem to have something that works every time.
Workflow:
--Ingest of HDV or live SDI to DV100 or PhotoJpeg into FCP. You could convert m2t's via Mpeg Streamclip too.
--Line up a clip with the first progressive frame after pulldown frames (i.e. the combing interlace frames you see on movement--harder to detect on static frames though)
--Mark an in point on that frame in the viewer, mark an out point on the final pulldown frame of the same clip
--Export as a self-contained movie (no recompression)
--Import clip into Cinema Tools
--Click on inverse telecine button
There are four boxes in this window
--Click on F1-F2 under "Capture Mode"
--Under File: click New (smaller)
--Under "Conform to", click 23.98 and check mark on Standard upper/lower
--Under "Fields", click DD and Style 1
Well, that looks like alot of work, and it certainly is for a workaround, but the results are worth the hoops you have to jump through. With clip extractions you can work in a true 24p timeline in any codec you want from 24F footage.
Hope this helps some of you.
Elton
