Re: 720p60 59.94fps outputting question.

Gary & John,

Thank you again for your responses. Always helpful and appreciated.

gary adcock "Also what are you judging the motion on? On a true SD monitor or are you just looking at the computer screen (which has no interlace compensation) or an LCD?"

I am unclear as to if it had any frame-blending or motion treatment. In the suite I am in, I have both an Apple Cinematic Display, as well as a Sony Trinitron Broadcast monitor receiving a component signal coming out of a Decklink HD Extreme. It's only on a couple of the video edits during playback, not every piece in the final version.

gary adcock "Like I said before - if your hardware can do this it is better to let your video card handle the downconversion,"

Absolutely. The Decklink HD Extreme has worked beautifully in the past for performing the down-convert as well as all my previous ingest/outputs. Whether it's been Onlining/finishing Documentaries for broadcast or previous TV Spots shot using the VariCam 720p60 @ 23.98fps with the pulldown added upon output to the Tape Masters. It was just this one project, where it was 720p60 @ 59.94fps and where I noticed a little inconsistencies that deviated from the expected work-flow.

john sharaf"I tend to agree with Gary's assessment of your editor and refrained from saying the same thing in my previous post because I do tend to say these things in person, but try to be more civil on these forums.

As a cameraman who has been called many times with similar issues, I can tell you, it's always the editor at fault, and usually because he/she is afraid to ask the appropriate questions and then has to cover his ass."

Yes. Certainly there was a communication issue, where it was not kept in check where it should have been, as to avoid it getting this far. Though,

Again, as to reiterate from my first post, it might have been a silly question to ask, as to the method for output, as dropping it into an 8-bit Uncompressed NTSC sequence was the process I started with. But when I noticed inconsistencies, my usual rule is always to double/triple check what I can and not to make assumptions.

john sharaf"I've had situations where camera people I know have lost accounts because the editor erroneously maintains to the end it was the camera person's mistake. "

And this will certainly something discussed at the next meeting.

Thank you very much for your time, and assistance thus far, Gary and John. Very much appreciated.

Best Regards,

James G.
Upstate NY, USA

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