Video Q - interlacing

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  • nosaj

    I have some progressive and some interlaced footage that will be a part of a NTSC SD commercial. I'm working in Final Cut and wondering how I should treat the progressive footage. When I test the piece on an NTSC DVD I get a jagged "interlaced look" throughout the footage. Should the progress footage be interlaced before being brought into the interlaced sequence?

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  • uan0

    use compressor to either deinterlace or interlace some of the footage.
    work either in I or P in fcp, but not mixed. I would go P, but if most of the footage is I, then go I.

    ask what they expect you to deliver and compressor your result as desired.

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    • nosaj0

      Thanks uan,

      The end file will be an NTSC interlaced mov for SC broadcast. Most of the footage is progressive. Can I work in a progressive timeline with all progressive footage and then interlace the final output or is this bad practice. Since I know interlaced is my final output should I interlace the progressive footage 1st and work in an interlaced sequence?

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      • I would go P, and covert final to I.
        ask your broadcaster what he wants.        uan
      • MAYBE YOU CAN DELIVER P .)uan
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