This IS the Avid L2: RE: [Avid-L2] split fields on an edit

Thursday, March 27, 2014

RE: [Avid-L2] split fields on an edit

No, John, I think you've nailed it.

From everything I've seen the mixdown method (that is, mixdown 2398, open in 5994 project, switch Field Motion in bin), then output is the way to go. But I think Avid's applying cadence across (and I suppose within) cuts and although it looks fine to me the network is flagging it.

Tape, of course, and QT Ref do the same thing.

I just tried Modifying the sequence to 5994 and that seems to have fixed it. Fingers and toes crossed.

Thanks!

Warmly on a cold day,

Seth

To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
From: pale.edit@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:08:35 -0400
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] split fields on an edit

Maybe I am not thinking about this correctly, but if the problem is split fields, wouldn't editing the 23.976 sequence into a 59.94i sequence apply pulldown on a shot-by-shot basis...thus insuring that no split fields of two different shots occur on an edit point?

It would seem that doing it the mixdown way, some edit points would become blended because the cadence is consistent regardless of content.

On Thursday, March 27, 2014, Mark Spano <cutandcover@gmail.com> wrote:

Of course this will happen, and it's normal. Whose QC is it failing?

The optimal way to handle the conversion is to mixdown the 23.98 cut, then convert to 59.94i so that there's a constant cadence. Maybe that's what's happening - cadence breaks?

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Seth Isaac Buncher <seth_buncher@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi y'all,

If I'm taking 2398 and converting to 5994, won't some cuts fall with split fields? That is, the first field is from the outgoing shot and second field is from the incoming shot.

Should I care? It plays back fine in Avid, of course, but it's failing QC. Can I avoid the problem somehow?

Warmly on a cold day,
Seth