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March 14th, 2008, 11:33 PM | #1 |
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NTSC to PAL?
An American guy just offered me a well paid Interview gig in London he wants shot on DV NTSC. Being British I have a PAl version of the Canon A1.
Do I say thanks but no thanks, or is there a workaround? I also have Final Cut Studio2. Can Compressor do something about this problem? Thanks Dom |
March 15th, 2008, 06:55 AM | #2 |
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It is possible to convert between NTSC and PAL.
I have done this many times with Adobe Premiere Pro 2, and I believe most of the other editing software can do the same. (Image quality will drop a little). There is also DVFilm's Atlantis you might want to check out. http://www.dvfilm.com/atlantis/index.htm This topic has been discussed here lots of times earlier. Here are some of the threads of interest I found when searching: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...rting+PAL+NTSC http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...rting+PAL+NTSC |
March 15th, 2008, 09:14 AM | #3 |
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You obviously can convert PAL to NTSC, but the end result will not be at all comparable with it being shot on NTSC in the first place.
A better solution would be to hire a suitable camera for the interview - there's quite a few now that are switchable, like the Z1. You need to check with your potential client if shooting PAL and converting is acceptable. If he has specified that it needs to be "shot on DV NTSC", and you supply him with a conversion he'd be perfectly entitled to refuse payment. |
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This might be an option compared to rent another camera, depending of what it costs to rent. |
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March 24th, 2008, 11:00 PM | #5 |
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i read the reply,i am still cofused on how to go about it ,i have captured the ntsc footage to my pal project ,now i would like to know if there is a way to convert those clips into pal in the timeline or what else i can do to rectefy this
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March 25th, 2008, 12:26 AM | #6 |
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okayyyyyy may be this is how it should be done .
start new project in FCP4, re set settings as NTSC to PAL capture as. then take new project and incorporate it to current project . Does that make sense?? |
March 25th, 2008, 02:22 AM | #7 |
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March 25th, 2008, 03:45 AM | #9 |
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Thank you for the links, i would assume then that if i was converting ntsc to pal use the same info as in links just set the setup to suit the conversion as explained in the links yes /no ?
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March 25th, 2008, 03:51 AM | #10 |
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guys you the best thank you .Jaspher your post was not up when i last posted my editor is a German lady(wife) and thats double trouble needs to be precise info or shes wont understand.
I drive cameras not editing suits cheers to all Ian |
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