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Selecting Output and Timecode Formats for 23.976p, 24p, and 25p Projects
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Selecting Output and Timecode Formats for 23.976p,
24p, and 25p Projects
When you are working in a 23.976p, 24p, or 25p project, you can output multiple formats from
the same progressive media.When you are working in a 23.976p, 24p, or 25p project, you can
output multiple formats — NTSC video, PAL video, and audio — all from the same progressive
media. The Avid Universal Mastering feature gives you the option of outputting an NTSC
sequence from a PAL sequence, or a PAL sequence from an NTSC sequence. You click the
Output Format menu in the Digital Cut tool to select the formats you want, as described in
“Selecting Output Formats for 23.976p, 24p, and 25p Projects” on page 1053.
(Media Composer) Depending on the type of project you are working with, NTSC or PAL, the
system will only display output options for one format. You cannot switch from NTSC to PAL or
PAL to NTSC. You can only switch from one PAL format to another PAL format or from one
NTSC format to another NTSC format.
Depending on the format you select, you also need to:
• Select the timecode to output. See “Selecting the Timecode Format for Output” on
page 1056.
• Indicate the destination timecode rate. See “Indicating the Destination Timecode Rate” on
page 1057.
• Select the video pulldown cadence. See “Selecting the Video Pulldown Cadence” on
page 1058.
Selecting Output Formats for 23.976p, 24p, and 25p
Projects
To output a particular format:
1. Select Output >Digital Cut.
2. Click the Output Format menu, and select a play rate.
A brief description of each output format is displayed in the Digital Cut tool.
The play rate you select determines how the digital cut is recorded. For example, if you
select 23.976, you tell your Avid editing application to slow down the play rate to match the
play rate used during an NTSC telecine transfer. When your Avid editing application records
the digital cut, it adds the pulldown frames and re-creates a telecine transfer to an NTSC
videotape.
For NTSC output, your Avid editing application automatically sets the pulldown if
necessary. If your Avid input/output hardware has a pulldown indicator, it is turned on.