Questions about Editing 24Pa..Please Help

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Funkycoldg

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Thanks to everyone in advanced for answering and helping me with this....!!

I had some quick questions on how to edit this film that i am about to edit...I am soo confused becasue soo many people tell me soo many things... We shot this film in 24Pa becasue thats what the cinamatographer wanted to shoot it in. The intention for this film is to be put onto DVD and to send it into some Festivals. My question is, is how should i edit it. On a 24Pa timeline or a 29.97 timline because..I was told it wont look any different which way i do it becasue if you were to show it on a normal tv....it will look the same becasue tvs are 60i. And since this isnt going to film, i should save my self the headaches/possibilites of having trouble with the footage. But if i make a 24P DVD will it look different that if i make a normal DVD? I am just kinda confused on all of this.... Help would greatly be apprciated and if you dont feel like posting it you can Email me or contact me on AIM or even call me..PM if thats the case...

Thanks,
John Guarino
 
Re: Questions about Editing 24Pa..Please Help

You were told correctly -- a normal NTSC TVs, the display is always 60i. So even if you make a 24p DVD, your DVD player will add the necessary pulldown fields to display correctly.

However,  if you are using PPro 1.5 and your target delivery format is DVD, I would recommend the 24p timeline anyway.

First, PPro will always treat 24pa footage as 24p, regardless of whether you edit on a 29.97 timeline. It's just a current limitation of PPro. Because of this limitation, editing 24p in a 29.97 timeline will not avoid any headaches -- in fact it will add an additional headache in that you'll need to render your footage before previewing.

24pa to a 24p DVD is the smoothest workflow in Adobe Premiere. You shouldn't have any problems. (Premiere's problems come in the handling of 24p Normal footage, or in exporting 24p Advanced to tape.)

Yes, as you said, it won't matter for most playback systems, but if somewhere down the line you end up showing it on a progressive player connected to a progressive display or projector, the results WILL look better than the same footage edited on a 29.97 timeline.

Also, a 24p DVD will result in a lower bitrate, allowing you to encode higher quality.

Hope this helps. It's very subtle reasoning, but I think you should edit in a 24p timeline.
 
Re: Questions about Editing 24Pa..Please Help

OH ok sweet deal...thanks soo much for your time....So should i get the upgrade from Pro 1.0 to 1.5? I think i mihgt anyways but will it make a difference? And if I descide to export to a DV tape for back-up purposes, Will I have problems or is there a way around it? And when i do descide to go to DVD, should I make a 24p DVD or just a regular DVD becasue I'm not sure if everyone who i will give the DVD to will be able to play a 24p DVD. Thanks Kevin..

Thanks again,
John Guarino
 
Re: Questions about Editing 24Pa..Please Help

[quote author=Funkycoldg link=board=Premier;num=1091935985;start=0#2 date=08/08/04 at 09:28:14]So should i get the upgrade from Pro 1.0 to 1.5?  [/quote]
Oh, I didn't understand that in your original post. In PPro 1.0, you will not be able to use a 24p timeline. You are stuck in 29.97.

Should you upgrade? It's your decision, but I like PPro 1.5 and if you stick to 24pa footage and 24p DVDs you shouldn't have many problems.

There are some situations where you might want to avoid the upgrade. If you shoot 24p Normal and really, really want to edit in a 60i timeline -- for example, if you are mixing with footage from other cameras that don't do 24p -- PPro 1.5 will make it hard for you to do this.

 And if I descide to export to a DV tape for back-up purposes,  Will I have problems or is there a way around it?  
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In this case you may get a strobing in overexposed highlights, such as a bright sky. To get rid of this problem, apply a PPro video effect to bring the highlights into the correct range. I used Broadcast Colors, but Adobe has recommended ProcAmp.

should I make a 24p DVD or just a regular DVD becasue I'm not sure if everyone who i will give the DVD to will be able to play a 24p DVD.
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This will not be an issue. All DVD players can display 24p DVDs. Most Hollywood-created DVDs are encoded as 24p.
 
Re: Questions about Editing 24Pa..Please Help

Do all your editing in 24p
Do all encoding in 24P

DVD Players will see this and flag it.

How else can we watch a Hollywood DVD
 
Re: Questions about Editing 24Pa..Please Help

Thanks junkyj thats what i have descided...i ordered the upgrade (Pro 1.5) along with everything else...so now i'll have AE Pro and Photoshope CS...SHould be here at the end of the week and I will gfet started editing the movie...Thanks alll again!

Johnny5
 
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