Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] PAL workflow, part deux

We use the same camera here for a couple of shows and shoot 24p but it gets
onlined in 1080i/59.94 and laid off 59.94. I color correct the shows in
1080i/59.94 and use 4.0.5 just like you. We haven't had any major issues
using the different frame rates. Some editors like to stay in the frame rate
the footage was shot in (offline in 1080p/23.97) so they can group clips or
make motion effects, both of which can't be done if you're in a project with
a different frame rate, but others have found work arounds for those issues.


Our biggest issues have been if a show is offlined in the original frame
rate and then moved to a different frame rate any matte keys that are used
won't work. The sequence won't even open, so what you need to do is remove
them all in the original project and then replace them all in the new
project, that god for assistant editors. Audio too at times can get a little
funky with spots going a few frames out of sync. We just slip them back in
sync when they do but we will at times come across spots where we get a
track that has slipped half a frame and it will cause an echo effect. Those
areas are the hardest to work with.

Hope some of this info helps. To me it seems that the editors who know the
issues that occur when jumping from frame rate to frame rate attempt to work
in what will be delivered for online but I think it really just depends on
what the editor wants. A couple of our guys are heavy users of motion
effects so they like to stay native.

Tony

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:09 PM, jaclynlee71 <production@middlemarch.com>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi, I posted a couple of weeks ago, and had a follow up question regarding
> the proper Avid project for the offline. Our producer just informed me that
> he is going to shoot (Sony EX3) at 1080p, 25fps. Should the project be
> 1080p/25 or should I open up a 1080i/50 project?
>
> Project is shooting in PAL (in China): Sony EX3 at 1080p, 25fps
> Offlining in NYC in PAL, on a Mac, OSX 10.6.2, 2x2.6 Quad-core Intel Xeon,
> 10GB
> 1066Mhz DDR3 RAM. Current version of Avid Media Composer 4.0.5.
> No online house chosen yet, but should I assume all online houses can
> handle either a 1080p/25 or 1080i/50 project?
> Deliverables: probably HDCAM; I'm told it will be broadcast instead of
> released in theatres.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jaclyn Lee
>
>
>


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