Editing with different formats
by Amy Sanderson
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Apr 10, 2007 at 3:44:00 am
I'm organizing footage for a documentary that was shot on different formats (HD, MiniDV)and have a question about our workflow approach. We have media that was originally shot at 23.98fps and 29.97fps. To allow the editor to work quickly (not rendering sequences duing the edit) we want to make converted copies of the clips using compresor, all to DV/NTSC 720x486 29.97fps. We would edit with these "copies" with the hope of later relinking the original media (with consistent clip names) to our final sequence. The aim is to have the best picture quality possible in the end. Will we have to manually conform the media that was shot at 23.98 if we do this? Any suggestions, ideas for ways around this? I appreciate the help - first time on the forum.
Re: Editing with different formats by Russell Lasson on Apr 10, 2007 at 4:39:35 pm
Editing with clips that have different frame rates can't be ignored. You're going to have to deal with it or you will have jumpy footage.
One option is to use After Effects to convert all of your 23.98 to 29.97 using a 2:3 pulldown. Using a 2:3 pulldown is about the only good way to convert 23.98 to 29.97. Don't use compressor because it will probably just duplicate every 4th frame which can make the footage look jumpy or look like it is studdering.
Another option is to use Nattress Standards Converter to convert either your 23.98 footage to 29.97 or the other way around. I haven't tried using this but it looks promising.
For just editing though, if you have a fast computer, while it can still be a little bit of a pain, it's not horrible to have to render the footage and then once picture is locked, convert only the footage that you need to convert.
