23.98 to 59.94i how to?

[Ido Karilla]

Hi all NTSC land people.

I am in Pal land and a bit confused, I got a 23.98 fps movie and I am asked to deliver 59.94i.

Can anyone guide me in the 2:3 pull down issue.

I have access to FCP (kona 3) and Avid ( And Scratch )

Thanks.

 

[David Battistella]

Warning.

You are entering "ripping your hair out land".

No matter how you look at it the situation you are in is ugly, hard work and a giant pain in the ass and will most likely require a lot of rendering.

 

[Ido Karilla]

Thanks for the warning, And if I can deliver 29.97?

 

[David Battistella]

29.97 is 59.94

You are entering the same problem. Converting progressive material into interlaced at a different framerate.

Pain.

 

[Tony Bacak]

best is to recompress with after effects ( long time )
you have to activate frame blending
easy and fast way ( most results are fine - frame blending )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRPQmaFQiwM&feature=related

export in the format you like - activate " Frame Blending " button

best ones
tony

 

[Frank Cueto]

If ur film/project is already finished a@23.976 then its fairly straight forward. Just do a 3:2pulldown. We do this all the time on our smoke suites. Be warned that if u have a credit roll that should be rerendered from its originating project at 59.94.

 

[Philip Powell]

While there are different ways to approach this, the simplest, in my opinion is as Frank described it. Just pull your 23.98 content into a 29.97 sequence, (most video boards will add the 3:2 pull down on the fly) then output to disk, or tape. Pull down will introduce artifacts of course, but we have been living with those artifacts for a long time now.

 

[Hendro Setyo Wibowo]

Format?

Format?

May I know what's the format that you have for your movie?
Is it on QT already or is it on tape? Finished Program/Ads or just rushes?

If it is on tape, a HDCAM SR or something. I would do a frame convert on the Deck itself, I'm using the SRW 5800 with the frame converter card inside. So I just have to set the deck as 23.98 (720/1080psf) and pop in the tape. Patch it to another Deck that's set with 1080i 59.94 (with the frame converted signal) and I have it done.

If it's a project base. I would sugest that, assuming you are using FCP 7 with BMD capture card (because that's what I have), you set your FCP setting to it's original project but under your Audio/Video Setting, set the video playback to 1080i 59.94. If i'm not mistaken this should work. Then you can capture that on to a Deck recorder or patch it to another FCP suite that you have.

Both are easy if you have the equipments.

Cheers
Setyo

 

[Ido Karilla]

Thank you all for you answers.