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How do I capture and edit "24 fps" video in FCP?

Jul 18, 2005 at 4:16 am in editing, film by

There are several formats of video people call “24p”:

  1. true 24p
    To capture this, you’ll have to create special capture and sequence presets. But it’s a very rare format.
  2. 23.976
    This is more a much more common frame rate. Use the appropriate capture and sequence preset. (Note: FCP calls 23.976 “23.98″ for some odd reason).
  3. 24p with pulldown (actually 29.97 fps, aka 59.94 fields/sec, aka “60i”)
    Capture and edit using 60i presets.
  4. 24p “advanced” (2:3:3:2 cadence – actually 29.97 fps, aka 59.94 fields/sec, aka “60i”)
    Use the capture preset in FCP titled “DV NTSC 48 kHz Advanced (2:3:3:2) Pulldown Removal”. This preset will capture at 29.97 (that’s what the actual recording on tape is), but remove the redundant frames added by the camcorder to make the video 23.976 fps (notice the box is checked that says “Remove Advanced Pulldown and/or Duplicate frames During Capture From FireWire Sources”)
    Use the appropriate “23.98″ sequence format.
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1 response to How do I capture and edit "24 fps" video in FCP?

  1. sanal said on July 13, 2009 Reply

    Chk UR cinematool’s help pdf file…

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