User Manual

Selecting the Video Pulldown Cadence
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Your Avid editing application can generate LTC at 29.97 fps only. No LTC will be output if you
select 30.00.
To indicate the destination timecode rate:
1. Select Output> Digital Cut.
2. Click the Dest. TC Rate menu, and select 29.97 fps or 30.00 fps.
Selecting the Video Pulldown Cadence
Depending on your Avid input/output hardware, you might have the option to select whether to
use standard or advanced pulldown for output when you select 23.976 (NTSC) as your output
format. This pulldown cadence is important if you are outputting a sequence for transfer to
another non-linear editing system. Avid editing applications can capture footage that uses either
pulldown cadence. Other editing systems might require one or the other.
If you select Advanced, make sure that the sequence timecode is non-drop-frame and that the A
frame falls in timecodes ending on :x0 and :x5. You can check the frame/timecode
correspondence if the Master timecode is displayed in the Tracking Information above the
Record monitor. For information about changing the pulldown phase, see “Changing the Default
Pulldown Phase for Sequences” on page 1082.
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Some low-cost DV decks cannot be striped as non-drop-frame for performing digital cuts.
To select the video pulldown cadence:
1. Select Output > Digital Cut.
2. Click the Video Pulldown Cadence menu, and select one of the following:
- Standard 2:3:2:3
- Advanced 2:3:3:2
Performing an Insert Edit with Pulldown
If you are working in an NTSC 24p project, and you need to insert a segment into a sequence that
has already been cut to tape, your Avid editing application automatically adjusts the insert edit to
maintain the correct pulldown.
To perform an insert edit with pulldown:
1. Use IN and OUT points to mark the segment you want to insert.
2. Select Output > Digital Cut.
The Digital Cut tool opens.