If your hardware converter can go from 720p to 1080i 59.94 than definitelly
use it to digitize the material with. You will need to determine the
processing delay of the converter and adjust your record bias in VTR
settings accordingly. The audio will come in out of sync unless your
converter can process embedded audio or unless you have an outboard audio
delay.
The off speed quality is unpredictable. Most likely the Varicam material is
at 24fps. You may want to remove the 3:32 pulldown first, apply the speed
change and then reapply the 3:2 pulldown back again.
Igor Ridanovic
Kappa Studios, Inc.
3619 W. Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 8430-3400
http://www.kappastudios.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
Brandon Bussinger
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 6:46 AM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: 2K / 4K workflow
Thanks Ken. I do have the hardware converter, I just haven't used it and
wanted to make sure I would be able to spit out a 1080i 59.94 signal from
it. We will be using the same hardware for the offline, so I'm just trying
to get some piece of mind that I can get the cut to match.
Brandon
On Nov 15, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Ken Sirulnick wrote:
> Brandon,
>
> With this workflow, we use FCP with the Variable Frame Rate
> Converter Plug in (free from the Panasonic web site) to convert the
> variable frame rate stuff. Then we lay off to DVCPro HD tape (for
> offline downconverts) or make HD QTs and load into Nitris. This is
> assuming you don't already have the hardware Frame Rate Converter
> from Panasonic. You have to make sure that in FCP, you are in a 24
> frame project. I find that doing the conversion this way is
> cleaner than just doing motion FX in Nitris.
>
> KEN
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Bussinger"
> <brandon(at)orbitdigital.com>
> To: <DS(at)Softimage.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:58 PM
> Subject: Re: 2K / 4K workflow
>
>
>> I have a project coming in that wants to shoot varicam and finish
>> at 1080i 59.94, are there any gotchas that people have run into?
>> I have dealt with Varicam material shot at a consistent frame
>> rate, which I then feed to the Nitris at 1080i and it has worked
>> fine even though it was captured 720P. However, this project
>> wants to do some under/ overcranking, so I'm just testing the waters.
>>
>> Brandon Bussinger
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