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Output Format Reference for 23.976p, 24p, and 25p Projects
1076
Digital Cut
Tool Output
Format
(Play Rate)
Target Project or
System, and
Recording Media Description
23.976 (NTSC) NTSC TV; video
screenings; digital
audio workstations
(DAWs) that support
pulldown
Picture and sound to
NTSC tape; sound to
video-referenced
audiotape
Plays back the sequence at 23.976 fps (film rate). This play rate tells
your Avid editing application to replicate a telecine transfer with
perfect 2:3 pulldown. Your Avid editing application adds frames and
slows the playback speed to create a digital cut to 29.97 fps. Use this
option for NTSC video output, such as broadcast masters. For 25p, the
media is slowed down by 4.1 percent.
Pulldown is set to On (0.99).
24 (NTSC) Audio for film
projection; DAWs
(video for
reference only)
Picture and sound to
NTSC tape; sound to
DAT or mag tape
Plays back the sequence at 24 fps (film rate). This play rate tells your
Avid editing application to record audio at the film rate. If your Avid
editing application records video, it maintains sync by adding
pulldown fields and dropping every 1000th frame. This video should
be used for reference only. Use this setting for direct audio output to be
used in sync with film projection. Also use this setting when audio
media files are being used in a digital audio workstation (DAW) and
you need a digital cut for picture reference. For 25p projects, video
and audio are slowed down 4 percent.
Before you output the digital cut, make sure you select the correct
destination timecode rate. See “Indicating the Destination Timecode
Rate” on page 1079.
Pulldown is set to Off (1.00).
29.97 (NTSC) Animation projects;
negative cutting with
lockbox; some
kinescope printing
Picture and sound to
NTSC tape (sound for
reference only)
Plays back the sequence at 29.97 fps. This play rate tells your Avid
editing application to speed up the playback speed without adding
pulldown fields. As a result, the sequence plays faster (25 percent
faster for 24p, 20 percent faster for 25p). Use this option for
animations and tape-to-film transfers where the pulldown needs to be
removed to have an exact frame-to-frame relationship between the
film and video.
Pulldown is set to On (0.99).