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Magic Bullet Suite: [LP-6] I shot 24P Standard Mode on the DVX-100. After cutting it was imported into After Effects as an uncompressed 10-bit QT. I then applied Magic Bullet & a lot of the heavy motion had horizontal lines go

If you shot 24p Advanced:

• When you shoot in 24p (Standard or Advanced) with the DVX100, you should never use Magic Bullet's Deinterlacing
• When you want a 24fps final output, you should ideally shoot in 24pA mode and use FCP's now built-in Cinema Tools options to strip out the pulldown and create 23.976fps movies to edit in a 23.976fps timeline

If you shot 24p Standard

• Since you shot with the standard 24p mode, each of your shots in your 60i cut has a separate pulldown sequence, so you cannot use AE's built-in pulldown removal; here are your basic options:

1. Remove pulldown manually for each clip, and visually match it back to the original cut in a 23.976fps comp.
2. Run the exported movie through a program like Media Cleaner Pro, which has an Intelecine option designed to remove pulldown from timelines with various cadences.
3. Abandon the idea of a 24p conform, and process the material through AE as interlaced. The final result will still be 24p w/3:2, but will not have consistent pulldown across shots, which should only be a problem if you need to film out or format convert the final product.
   • You should interpret the footage as interlaced, use Magic Bullet for Deartifacting only, not Deinterlacing and render an interlaced final movie. This will preserve the various 3:2 pulldown cadences properly.

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Date Modified: 2008-03-21 11:24:10



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