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Q: "final cut pro 7",apple pro res 422lt 1920x1080 upper (odd) clips,is this progressive?,no sequence setting 1080 progressive  How do I make sure I have the best timeline setting for my clips

"final cut pro 7",apple pro res 422lt 1920x1080 upper (odd) clips,is this progressive?,no sequence setting 1080 progressive

 

How do I make sure I have the best timeline setting for my clips. I made all settings for timelineclip properties.pngsequence settings.png like clips but there is no progressive setting for 1080p. Footage was originally Nikon dslr that I used mpeg streamclip to convert to prores. Thanks for your help!

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 2009 Processor 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-C

Posted on Feb 2, 2016 12:21 PM

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  • by Meg The Dog,

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Feb 2, 2016 1:05 PM in response to gerforce
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    Feb 2, 2016 1:05 PM in response to gerforce

    The correct frame size for you source material is the HDTV 1080i (16:9) setting. That only sets the frame size, not the field dominance, which is what makes it progressive or interlaced. The reason it is labels with the "i" is because when FCP7 was abandoned by Apple, they never updated the software to reflect 1080p material.

     

    To make your sequence progressive, set the Field Dominance to None.

     

    gerforce wrote:

     

    Footage was originally Nikon dslr that I used mpeg streamclip to convert to prores.

    In your screen shot of the item properties for your source clip, the material is interlaced. Was the original camera file interlaced or progressive?

    Also, was the original footage actually 30fps and not standard 29.97?  30fps has very limited usage.

     

    MtD

  • by gerforce,

    gerforce gerforce Feb 2, 2016 7:37 PM in response to Meg The Dog
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    Feb 2, 2016 7:37 PM in response to Meg The Dog

    Thank you...you mean interlaced because of the upper field dominance? I was pretty sure i shot in progressive but? Also the 30 or 29.97 i will double check but that is what the clip shows...what do you think...could it show that but it really was the 29.97? Maybe the pro res conversion did it. I will investigate.

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    gerforce gerforce Feb 5, 2016 9:44 AM in response to gerforce
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    Feb 5, 2016 9:44 AM in response to gerforce

    Thank you for your info!

    I checked the original Nikon file and it always films in 29.97 and three sizes of progressive only. Any idea why apple pro res conversion made it upper field?

  • by Meg The Dog,Solvedanswer

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Feb 5, 2016 9:44 AM in response to gerforce
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    Feb 5, 2016 9:44 AM in response to gerforce

    I would say the chief suspect is the settings for the application you used to convert the original camera file to ProRes.

    If you have the original camera files, make the conversion again paying particular attention to frame rate and field dominate settings for the conversion.

    Practically, of the two issues, the 30 vs. 29.97 frame rate is more problematic for the edit than the field dominance issue.

     

     

    MtD