Removing pulldown

[robmneilson]

Hey folks,

So I took over the task of cleaning up this feature doc. It appears that they shot a great majority of the footage years ago on a DVX in 24P. They tell me that they did not shoot in 24PA, but the footage appears interlaced to all hell in the 29.97 edit sequence I was given to work off of. So perhaps they really shot 24pa and I need to remove the pulldown, but now that I'm on mountain lion cinema tools does not work (but that's another story).

So theoretically I can go on an older OS, batch reverse telecine to remove the pulldown on the original footage, and then copy and paste the edit into a 23.98 sequence and I'll be ok?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help solve this headache. It's been years since I've even bothered with DV tape!

 

[NoahK]

Yes you can but it will be a *massive* pita because you'll need to do it shot by shot instead of the entire edit at once. I have a DVX100/FCP video course that among other things explains in detail how this can be done. Best 10 bucks ever spent:

http://www.callboxlive.com/collecti...-production-with-final-cut-pro-and-the-dvx100

-Noah

 

[robmneilson]

Thanks Noah I'll look into it...

 

[arniepix]

You're going to have to reconform the 24P material to the 30i material. If they logged each tape correctly, you might be able to output a 30i EDL and use Cinema Tools to convert it to 24P, then use CT to reverse telecine each clip.