Re: editing 24p, 24p adv, and 60i footage

You're on the right path with everything except the 24pA stuff...

If you've already captured that material into FCP with the advanced pulldown removed then it's running at 23.98. You need to get it back to (for lack of a better term...) 24p mode in 29.97 -- more on that later...

If it's still on tape, you could just capture it as 29.97 (which it is) and leave it at that.

BUT - now you'll have two different cadences running. NO big deal if it doesn't really bother you.

Here's what I suggest.

Lay your 24pA (now 23.98) material onto a timeline and make sure your Playback RT cadence settins are at 3:2 and lay it back off to tape.

Then capture it back in as if you shot it 24p -- as 29.97 with a 3.2 cadence.

I THINK Cinema Tools will telecine it for you (add back the 3.2 cadence... but I'm not for sure... but probably will. So, to recap:

if the 24pA material is on your computer as 29.97:
1) Edit in 29.97 and leave it alone
2) Remove the Advanced Pulldown cadence and re-employ a 3.2 cadence and edit freely

if the 24pA material is on yoru computer as 23.98
1) Lay it back to tape using 3.2 cadence
2) Use cinema tools to telecine it to 3.2 cadence and edit freely in 29.97

Remember -- 24p material shot on the DVX is 23.98 with 3.2 cadence added making it 29.97.

Yes?

Good luck,

CaptM