Category: editing

Film and video editing, graphics, VFX, and related stuff.

  • Removing 4:2 Pulldown?

    editing, flicks, geek

    Calling all video gurus: Help!

    I have a few clips that I’ve got from a stock tape that exhibit a weird pulldown pattern. The footage looks looks to be originally shot in 25p (such as european film might be), and then converted to NTSC 30i in a 4:2 pattern, so the frame progression goes like this:

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    Has anyone seen this pattern before? Does anyone know how to remove it? Conversion to “PAL proper” is not required— all I need to do is extract and reconstruct that D frame, and get the clips back to a 25p frame rate.

    I have After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and have access to Combustion. I would also be willing to pay for a moderately priced plugin or helper application if it’ll do the deed.

  • New Apple Pro Video Tools

    editing, geek

    Whatever real or imagined misgivings I had about the Mac back on April 1st, Apple’s NAB announcements have me floored. They’ve got new versions of all their Pro Film/Video apps: Final Cut Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro 2 (both of which come with a great new app called Compressor), and Shake 3. All of them have a b[oa]tload incredible new features and advances. I am totally psyched!

    That wasn’t too much was it? I don’t want to sound like Apple’s lap dog.

    No, no. That was fine.

  • Digital Video Technobabble

    4 min editing, rants

    The world of digital video is evolving at an alarming rate. This week, at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, hundreds of companies gathered to show off their latest hardware and software. The message most heard at the convention is to move to digital production now.

    Digital video has been […]

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Mark Boszko

Film & Video Editor, Voiceover Artist, macOS IT Engineer, and Maker

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