rendering 30p footage

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tony404

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So I shoot some footage in 30P and then bring that into Vegas (5) and throw it up on the timeline.
After editing, I render it out but I'm thinking that I need to render it a certain way so that it keeps that
film look...right? With my 60i footage...I would render out as NTSC DV but I'm thinking that would
be the wrong way to render out progressive footage...right? If I wanted the 30P footage to keep that
film look, what settings should I use to render it out? I would like to render to .avi and then take that
into Sorenson Squeeze for encoding to different formates etc..etc.. for the net.
 
Isn't there an option for interlacing methods when you go to the customizing options when rendering? (like 3 diff. methods, 'Lower Field, Upper Field, or 'Non' if you want progressive?)
It's like in the same section that allows you to customize size, encoders, etc... i think.

(i guess i'm using VMS 6, but figured Vegas 5 might be similar)
 
Firstly, 30P won't get you a film look, as film is shot in 24P, but it will get you really nice clean progressive footage.

You can choose that NTSC DV option for AVI if you'd like, then go into Video options (customize) and where it has lower/upper field first, choose progressive. Then where it says frame rate, choose 30.00 (defaults to 29.97). Then BAM, you've kept your 30P footage.
 
I guess another question would be... will taking 60i footage, and rendering it as 24P be a lost cause? or will it actually give it a more "film like" look.

(when I use the term 'film like', I assume the footage has proper lighting, colour correction, composition, etc.. that for me is the main factors of 'film like look' other than the speed itself)

And i guess I have two questions, the second being, what speed would the quicktime trailers found on Apples QT site be? Would they 24p?)
 
Converting to 24p will make it much more film-like than 60i. Will it be as good as something shot in 24p? No.

But try it and see.
 
You'll lose lines of resolution going from 60i footage converted to 24P as it deinterlaces, so your quality will be a little less than if you'd shot in 24P originally.

Depends on the file size/compression of the trailer in QT you're looking at. On average, they're 24FPS, as that's what they're shot in, but the smaller files you can actually find 12FPS, as they're cutting down on file size.
 
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