Re: [Avid-L2] Batch Import .movs of different length from originals?

Any time I get graphics at 24.0 or 30.0, I immediately conform these in
Cinema Tools to 23.976 or 29.97 PRIOR to importing in MC. Because, yes, as
you discovered, MC will attempt to compensate, usually dropping a field or
frame every now and then.

As far as batch importing: if the length differs at all, it will not work.
That's far more destructive - I've seen severe frame dropping or
duplicating to match the original length.


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:31 AM, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

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> In the wee brain dead hours of a double shift festival I'm contemplating
> the age old problem of batch imports of .movs that have changed in length.
> I'm on a show where they have put motion effects on imported graphics and
> some of them show a little hitch during their moves. I figured this is a
> by product of the motion effect but then at the end of the show where we
> include graphic elements in their raw form I noticed the same type of
> glitch on some of the graphics when they didn't have a motion effect. A
> little detective work discovered that the original temp graphic was indeed
> one frame longer than the final graphic. I get why these batch import
> problems happen but I'm curious about how frame rate plays into this. I
> was also told that at some point one or more of the graphics were delivered
> at a true 30 frames not 29.97 which is what the final graphics came in as.
> In fact this alone may account for the one frame discrepancy but I'm not
> sure. These clips are without sound so what under the hood compensation
> is Avid doing when a true 30 fps .mov is imported into an HD 59.94I 1080
> project. I know about ignore QT rate console command but without invoking
> that is Avid really going to alter the .mov on import that would have a a
> negative effect on the motion quality like a skipping frame at some point.
> Just curious if the crux of our current issue is a by product of the change
> in frame rate or if the graphics person inadvertently gave us a final
> rendered .mov that is one frame longer. Curious what others think might be
> the primary culprit.
>
> John Moore
>
> Barking Trout Productions
>
> Studio City, CA
>
> bigfish@pacbell.net
>
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