From: Dave Andrae (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Mar 30 2010 - 14:09:10 PDT
I'm not an expert either, Myron, but if you get it transferred at 24p
(actually 23.976), then you could play it at 62.5% in FCP and achieve the
effect of 15fps (if that's what you want).
-DA
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Myron Ort <email suppressed> wrote:
> I do not understand why 24 is a better way to go than 29.97. I do not
> pretend to understand very much of any of this. But, every expert I talk to
> seems to have a different answer. All I want to do is be able to make a dvd
> with my handpainted films showing at approximately silent speed which seems
> like is would be exactly half of the 29.97. And I understand that when you
> telecine transfer at 29.97 you are getting every frame. I could either do a
> rate change in fcp to "15 frames per second" or figure out how to have fcp
> do every frame twice. I have to then convey this to the friend who helps me
> with the fcp work.
>
> MO
>
>
> On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Dave Andrae wrote:
>
> My advice would be to get your film transferred in 24p, and then once you
> have the transferred footage, play it at half speed. Technically if it's
> playing at exactly 50% there should be no ghosting, but if there is you can
> easily make an image sequence of your footage and then import it all back
> into FCP and make the duration of each individual tiff two frames in length
> instead of one on your timeline. (Just remember to adjust the duration in
> your preferences before importing.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Myron Ort <email suppressed> wrote:
>
>> I have hand painted footage. I was thinking of having the telecine
>> transfer at 29.97 and then in FCP ramp it down to half that speed.
>> Anyone done this using Final Cut? Any pointers on how to best achieve
>> this? I wanted to preserve each frame without weird artifacts, and to have
>> the final dvd result run smooth.
>>
>> Myron Ort
>>
>>
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