Adobe After Effects CS3 - Manual (Page 78)

AFTER EFFECTS CS3
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When you apply 3:2 pulldown to footage, one frame of the film (A) is separated into two or three interlaced video fields (B) which are grouped
into video frames containing two fields each.
When importing interlaced video that was originally transferred from film, you can remove the 3:2 pulldown that
was applied during the transfer from film to video as you separate fields so that effects you apply in After Effects don’t
appear distorted.
It’s important to remove 3:2 pulldown from video footage that was originally film so that effects you add in After
Effects synchronize perfectly with the original frame rate of film. Removing 3:2 pulldown reduces the frame rate by
1/5—from 30 to 24 fps or from 29.97 to 23.976 fps, which also reduces the number of frames you have to change. To
remove 3:2 pulldown, you must also indicate the phase of the 3:2 pulldown.
After Effects also supports Panasonic DVX100 24p DV camera pulldown, called 24P Advance (24Pa). This format is
used by some cameras to capture 23.976 progressive-scan imagery using standard DV tapes.
Before you remove 3:2 pulldown, separate the fields as either upper-field first or lower-field first. Once the fields are
separated, After Effects can analyze the footage and determine the correct 3:2 pulldown phase and field order. If you
already know the phase and field order, choose them from the Separate Fields and the Remove Pulldown menus in
the Interpret Footage dialog box.
1 In the Project panel, select the footage item from which to remove 3:2 pulldown.
2 Choose File > Interpret Footage > Main.
3 In the Fields and Pulldown section, select Upper Field First or Lower Field First from the Separate Fields menu.
4 Do one of the following and click OK:
• If you know the phase of the 3:2 or 24Pa pulldown, choose it from the Remove Pulldown menu.
• To have After Effects determine the correct settings, click Guess 3:2 Pulldown or Guess 24Pa Pulldown.
Note: If your footage file contains frames from different sources, the phase may not be consistent. If this is the case, import
the footage multiple times, once for each phase, and interpret each footage item with a different setting. Then, add each
footage item to your composition and trim each layer to use only the appropriate frames.
Import assets in Panasonic P2 format
A P2 card is a solid-state memory device that plugs into the PCMCIA slot of a Panasonic P2 video camera, such as
the AG-HVX200. The digital video and audio data from the video camera is recorded onto the card in a structured,
codec-independent format known as MXF (Media eXchange Format). Specifically, Adobe Premiere Pro and After
Effects support the Panasonic Op-Atom variant of MXF, with video in DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO
HD formats. A clip is said to be in the P2 format if its audio and video are contained in Panasonic Op-Atom MXF
files, and these files are located in a specific folder structure.
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