PAL to NTSC- best way to do it ?

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007liron

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Hi guys,

I have a short (6 min.) I shot with a PAL mini-dv camera, that I need to transfer to NTSC.
I tried doing that using FCP, compressing it as DV-NTSC, but the result quality is very jumpy, and not professional looking at all.

Any advice?

Thanks!
Liron.
 
I use a plugin called Standards Conversion by Nattress. Works well for software. Better results come from a hardware conversion. Very expensive.

Do a search - has been answered here may times in many different ways.


Jason
 
Hey 007,

Usually a NLE will not convert the PAL to NTSC correctly. There is a way to do it using After Effects where you interpret the PAL footage at NTSC frame rates then pitch your sound by 4% to match.

Another option is a program like Nattress or DVFilm Atlantis. Atlantis can convert your footage from Pal to Ntsc and vice versa. You can download a full working demo (with watermark) and DVFilm is having a 25% off sale until Xmas.

Hope this helps,
Andy
 
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