Mixed progressive interlaced HD footage
Dear all,
Is it possible to mix progressive and interlaced HD footage in the same film, if you fiddle around with the two in post production (FCP 5)? I am interested to know this because we may have a JVC GY-HD101e and a Canon XL-H1a available to our company for two camera shoots and back up purposes. Can these two cameras co-exist on the same production? Many thanks Simon |
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I'm assuming it's all PAL, which can be simpler than NTSC in this situation. I do not understand why you don't chose to shoot in one frame rate or another. It would be easier overall. Quote:
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Hi there,
Is this for broadcast? If so, you may run into strobe/jitter/flicker issues. While FCP can deal with mixed footage within a sequence, it's not to be relied upon if you're dumping out to a VTR. If you have no choice and are forced to mix interlaced and progressive on the same sequence, you can try de-interlacing your interlaced footage, which will take care of strobe/jitter/flicker, but you'll lose quality and the network may still bounce your master. It's probably best if you pick one output format and then you can use Media Manager or compressor to re-encode the other footage used in your final edit. This works better than rendering from within the FCP sequence. Hope this helps, Sandeep |
Tripp and Sandeep,
Many thanks for your helpful replies! All the best Simon |
Why not...
If you haven't shot your project yet, why not switch the Canon to frame mode. True, the camera is not shooting true progressive scan, but it is converting the interlaced picture from the CCDs to a progressive signal. This would allow you to edit on a progressive scan timeline and have no interlace vs progressive scan issues mixing the footage.
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Cheers Adam! I'll look into that...
All the best Simon |
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