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The Pulldown Phase setting also appears in the Film Setting dialog box
(23p or 24p projects only). You can override that setting with the
Modify Pulldown Phase dialog box. The selection in the Film Setting
dialog box remains the same. For more information, see “Setting the
Pulldown Phase” on page 171.
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After you digitize an NTSC transfer, the timecode shows a loss of every
fifth frame of video. For example, don’t be alarmed if you find that your
timecode jumps at one point from 1:00:14:15 to 1:00:14:17. You haven’t
lost a frame, just an extra pulldown field.
Entering Frames-per-Second Rates for PAL Transfers
When you log in advance for PAL film-to-tape transfers, you must log the
footage as clips that have a 25-fps play rate, as listed in the FPS column of
the bin. If you want, you can digitize the footage on-the-fly, without
logging the clips first. The minimum information required to capture the
footage is the data logged in the Start and End video timecode columns.
Entering Key Numbers
To add key numbers:
t Highlight the KN Start column, then type the key number for the sync
point at the start of the clip using one of the following formats:
t Keykode™ Format: Type a 2-character manufacturer and film-
type code, a 6-digit prefix for identifying the film roll, a 4-digit
footage count, a 2-digit frame offset, and then press Enter
(Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
The Avid system adds a space, hyphen, and either a plus sign (for
35mm projects) or an ampersand (for 16mm projects) to format
the number. For example, in a 35mm project, to enter KJ 23 6892-
1234+15, type
KJ236892123415 . In a 16mm project, typing the
same number results in the code KJ 23 6892-1234&15.
t Other Formats: Enter other key-number formats in the Ink
Number column. Type up to eight characters for the prefix, up to
five characters for the footage count, two digits as the frame count,
and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).