Framerate issues - HD workflow
by Jelena
on
Feb 16, 2007 at 1:16:11 pm
Hi everybody,
I am in need of some fast help. I have a thesis to deliver at the end of March, but we hit a snag over some lost footage. Basically the short was shot on Sony Cinealta F900, we shot half at 23.97 fps and other half at 60i. All the tapes got captured at Postworks and they had them set at 29.97 (dunno why), but half way through we lost a drive and had to recapture - which got inputed in the original framerate of 23.97. Now the main issue is getting 29.97 and 23.97 on the same page... we were thinking of working in the original framerate 23.97, but how do we bring the 29.97 down to 23.97? Everything we tried made it look choppy. Just to give you more info - we are working with KONA files, 1920x1080. We have access to AE, Fusion, Shake, Avid so if you guys know any tricks that would make this thing work please respond.
If you need more info as well, just let me know.
Re: Framerate issues - HD workflow by Mads Nybo Jorgensen on Feb 17, 2007 at 10:44:00 pm
Hey Jelena.
Why did you shoot at two different frame rates?
And there is very few editing systems that will allow you to mix frame rates. For the sake of speed, it might be easier to edit everything at 29.97?
- Worst case scenario, id you're allowed, you can easily go NTSC for the whole short, and then do a On-Line later to your desired HD format.
In any case, rely on Postworks to help you out of this fix.
All the Best
Mads
London, UK
Mac Million Ltd. - HD Production & Editing
Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/bigflopproductions
