Interlace Artifacts On Progressive Files

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HarveyGillette

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I have footage that was shot on a Panasonic HVX200 1280x1080 24p. The original .mxf files were dumped from a firestore to an external video drive and imported into Final Cut Pro as .mov files. The FCP user who was going to edit the footage has failed to do so, so I have taken over the edit process. I received a direct copy of the .mov files to an external drive, and purchased the Calibrated DVCProHD codec which allows me to work with the files in Vegas.

Unfortunately, even though the files are progressive, there appear to be interlace artifacts, combing and ghosting. A friend and I ran over a dozen file render tests with de-interlacing with widely differing results. Even the best results still had a significant amount of combing and/or ghosting. Has anyone on here had similar experiences, and, if so, is the best solution to this found in Vegas or a third party software which could help?

Thanks In Advance,

-Harvey
 
It's because Final Cut Pro drops the ball on 24p and is the worst choice for P2 cameras. This wouldn't be a problem with pretty much any other major NLE, which can edit the MXF files directly and have no trouble with removing both standard and advanced pulldown, with no worries, no presets, no settings. (Avid has an issue or two with 1080 pulldown, but it least it doesn't require conversion to Quicktime and you wouldn't be working with FCP-created .movs, nor be dependent on what the other NLE can do.)

If you can get the ORIGINAL MXF files, and not the .mov files from the FCP import, you won't have any issues. (Assuming you have Raylight.)

Otherwise, deinterlacing filters will not help; it'll probably make things worse, especially if there's a lot of motion. Never try to deinterlace footage which is supposed to be progressive. You can try, when right-clicking on a clip in Project Media, going to File Format Properties, and doing a manual 2-3 pulldown removal, but there's no guarantee it'll work, or that the option will even be there (might be greyed out).
 
Definitely don't de-interlace. Do you still have access to an apple editing system? You should probably be able to import the quicktime files into Cinema Tools and tell it to strip out the 2:3 pulldown.
 
Barry_Green said:
Definitely don't de-interlace. Do you still have access to an apple editing system? You should probably be able to import the quicktime files into Cinema Tools and tell it to strip out the 2:3 pulldown.
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would this be labeled "inverse telecine" in Cinema Tools? Also, do I have to do this to each clip individually? I upload mixed 24p/30p shots as one quicktime file...does this mean I will have to isolate just the 24p segments then do the inverse telecine?

Also, if I shoot 24pA, does this mean I won't have to perform inverse telecine? Because right now when I shoot 24p, I get interlacing lines and I have been using the de-interlace filter without knowing that I wasn't supposed to...
 
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