RED 30fps to 23.98 in Avid?

[Jesse Korosi]

I have recently received some footage that was mistakenly shot at 29.97. I am looking to find a workflow for Avid enabling me to still offline edit in 23.98.

Acquisition:
RED ONE, Build 21
4K, 29.97

Ideal Solution:
1920x1080 23.98 in Avid for offline
But still able to relink back to the original Raw media.


I have tried:
- Exporting through RocketCineX
- Importing into Metacheater/Selecting 30to24 and saving ALE
- Importing this ALE into Avid and it seems to work in the sence that it advances to the next second in the TC after 23 frames. Although I am wondering if this will now be able to match back to the raw?
- Attempting to duplicate the Source TC column into the TC30 column gives me an error msg.

If anyone has any other suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,

 

[Edgar Pitts]

You can try converting from 30p to 24p, but the results will not be pretty. A software like Twixter (http://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/) will do the conversion, but it must create tween frames, which often causes nasty looking smeared images. There are really not too many viable options here. Sorry...

Edgar

 

[MichaelP]

v4 will allow for mixed frame rate and maintain all the source metadata for lists. Open 29.97 files in a 29.97 project to start, then open that bin in the 23.976 project. Conversion happens upon edit into the timeline.

Michael