Mixing XF300 footage with 600D

Martin Campbell · December 6th, 2012, 07:31 AM

not a fault of the XF300 - but am sure you guys can help me solve what's happening here.

I'm editing with FCP and I mix the footage between my 600D and XF300. I generally drop in the footage of the DSLR first (so the timeline adjusts to use that footage) and then drop in the XF300 footage shortly afterwards. When edited - I export as ProRes and as a quick-output, I drag that file into Toast Titanium and burn off a disc.

The DSLR footage always looks fine, but the XF300 footage when panned/movement shots - the footage comes out with thick interlaced lines. All the footage has 'Field dominance' as 'Upper (Odd)' - but the XF300 is filmed at 720p 50i. whereas the D600 is full res.

when burning a disc in toast - the settings are

Motion estimation (slider) : Best

Reencoding : Auto
Field dominance : Auto

Any idea where I'm going wrong? I always have to explain to clients that there is an issue and that it is a rough 'proof' if you like - but the encoding of Toast is actually quite good and it spoils it!

Thanks

Donald McPherson · December 6th, 2012, 12:37 PM

Unless you need the 50i I would set the XF300 to match the DSLR 1080P 25FPS

Martin Campbell · December 7th, 2012, 01:28 PM

I think I'll try and record the next one in 720p. Not too fussed about the full res and it's sapping up my hard drive space too much!

December 6th, 2012, 07:31 AM	#1
Martin Campbell Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London Posts: 104	Mixing XF300 footage with 600D - interlace problem not a fault of the XF300 - but am sure you guys can help me solve what's happening here. I'm editing with FCP and I mix the footage between my 600D and XF300. I generally drop in the footage of the DSLR first (so the timeline adjusts to use that footage) and then drop in the XF300 footage shortly afterwards. When edited - I export as ProRes and as a quick-output, I drag that file into Toast Titanium and burn off a disc. The DSLR footage always looks fine, but the XF300 footage when panned/movement shots - the footage comes out with thick interlaced lines. All the footage has 'Field dominance' as 'Upper (Odd)' - but the XF300 is filmed at 720p 50i. whereas the D600 is full res. when burning a disc in toast - the settings are Motion estimation (slider) : Best Reencoding : Auto Field dominance : Auto Any idea where I'm going wrong? I always have to explain to clients that there is an issue and that it is a rough 'proof' if you like - but the encoding of Toast is actually quite good and it spoils it! Thanks

December 6th, 2012, 12:37 PM	#2
Donald McPherson Major Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Aberdeen Scotland Posts: 815	Re: Mixing XF300 footage with 600D - interlace problem Unless you need the 50i I would set the XF300 to match the DSLR 1080P 25FPS

December 7th, 2012, 01:28 PM	#3
Martin Campbell Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London Posts: 104	Re: Mixing XF300 footage with 600D - interlace problem I think I'll try and record the next one in 720p. Not too fussed about the full res and it's sapping up my hard drive space too much!