adding pulldown to 8mm film from 18fps -> 24fps

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adding pulldown to 8mm film from 18fps -> 24fps

This is probably an obscure question, but I've basically built a simple telecine and taken still frames of an old 8mm film that runs at 18fps. I'm importing it into FCP at 1 frame per still and putting them into a 23.98 sequence, then slowing it down by 2/3s to get it at the right speed. This solution works but it blends frames, etc. FCP doesn't let you use a custom editing timebase for a sequence, so I'm wondering if Cinema Tools will let me add a pulldown to convert the 18fps stills to 24fps video clip or if there is a way to set the 24p sequence speed to 66.67% without it frame blending and instead just duplicate frames in a cadence, essentially adding pulldown. I'm hoping that with an easy method I can digitize many more 8mm films. Thanks for any advice.

powerbook 17'', Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 13, 2008 11:22 AM

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paulrankin

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Nov 2, 2008 11:34 PM in response to Blightstrider12

This may seem obvious, but you've tried simply turning off frame blending in the motion tab?

I've done this with 18 fps Super 8, but using 25p. Got the results I wanted, duplicating frames, I just had to be mindful not to cut midway through the clumps of duplicate frames.

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Nov 3, 2008 8:41 AM in response to paulrankin

Thanks, I completely forgot about that. If I'm missing something here, let me know: The only thing is that for some reason FCP won't duplicate frames if the sequence is made of still clips, the screen just goes black. But if you export the sequence as a reference quicktime and import that, slowing it down without frame blending, it works perfect.

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