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24p and 

Panasonic AG-DVX100 and AJ-SDX900 

camcorder support 

in Vegas and DVD Architect Software 

Revision 3, Updated 05.27.04 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for 24p

Page 1: ...d conditions for its lawful use Sound Forge ACID Vegas DVD Architect Vegas DVD Acoustic Mirror Wave Hammer XFX and Perfect Clarity Audio are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Pictures Digital Inc or its affiliates in the United States and other countries All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners in the United States and other countries Copy...

Page 2: ...camcorder support in Vegas and DVD Architect Software 2 Table of Contents What is covered in this document Background 3 Vegas 5 DVD Architect 7 Questions and Answers 8 Additional Sony Pictures Digital Resources 11 Additional Online Resources 11 ...

Page 3: ...l theatrical films and most prime time television shows are shot on film and transferred to video using pulldown and they have a very different look in their frame cadence than soap operas news programming and home video shot in 60i interlaced video Most people subconsciously associate this look with high budget productions Of course good lighting directing and acting help too Many people using de...

Page 4: ...onic AG DVX100 in Vegas software you can shoot capture edit and render 24p DV with no external conversion programs and you can render 24p MPEG 2 for DVD delivery The Panasonic camera actually has two pulldown modes standard 2 3 pulldown and what they call Advanced mode 24pA which is 2 3 3 2 pulldown While 4 film frames are still converted into 10 video fields 5 video frames the beauty of 2 3 3 2 p...

Page 5: ...s it will show film run time accurately Use one of the wall clock synchronized formats such Film Sync or SMPTE Drop to see video project run time Reading DV with 24p When you select a 24p clip captured from a Panasonic 24p camera or rendered from Vegas in the Vegas Explorer or in the File Open or File Import Media dialog boxes it will show the frame rate of 23 976 in the display of the file s prop...

Page 6: ... pulldown for 24p projects Print to Tape The print video to DV tape feature offers the new 24p templates during the conform step This selects which pulldown will be inserted during printing However since we recommend 2 3 3 2 pulldown for prerenders and because the conform step also selects the pulldown for any prerenders that will be done before printing to tape you should fully prerender your pro...

Page 7: ...the TFF and RFF flags to create DVD compliant MPEG 2 When you bring the rendered file into DVD Architect it will detect it as a DVD compatible file and will not recompress it Production workflow for 24p DVD Here are the things to know when planning for and executing a production for 24p DVD 1 With the AG DVX100 or AJ SDX900 use 24pA mode 24p will work but will be less efficient 2 Use the Vegas pro...

Page 8: ... at 60i to 24p Follow these steps to convert 60i video shot with a regular camcorder to 24p There will be some loss of vertical resolution or other artifacts 1 In the Project Properties dialog set the template to NTSC DV 24p 720x480 23 976 fps 2 Set the Deinterlace method to Interpolate fields for fast motion clips but with decreased vertical resolution or Blend Fields for clips without fast motio...

Page 9: ...ure Options Enable Snapping is on 13 Make sure Options Ignore Event Grouping is off 14 Ctrl drag the end of the clip until it snaps to the cursor You ve just sped up the clip by about 4 exactly matching the 24p material to 25p frame locations and stretching the audio to match 15 Right click the audio select Properties and verify that the Time stretch pitch shift method is set to Change length pres...

Page 10: ...Architect 24p NTSC video stream template Option 2 Create a 60i project and use the pulldown inserted by the camera to treat your 24p footage as 60i All effects titles and transitions will be in 60i 1 With the AG DVX100 or AJ SDX900 for 24p shots use 24p mode 24pA will work but will have slightly more motion judder 2 Use the project template NTSC DV 720x480 29 970 fps 3 On the General tab of the Pr...

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