Interesting experiment: How does a 1080i m2t from an FX1 look at 60p, and how does it compare with 30p and 24p? I brought out my trusty Peacock footage, and zeroed in on some movement areas.
Project Properties: HDV 1080i, Upper first, 29.970 (matched my m2t, and no transitions, only Studio to Computer RGB, so I kept it at 29.97); Motion Blur Gaussian; Deinterlace - Interpolated. I threw one in for 60p Blended, in case someone wants to compare.
Render As: WMV, used 720p HD setting, just changed the frame rate, 1.00 PAR (square), each set to 3 MB target rate
Links, each about 13MB, very short clip. I recommend saving them to your machine before playing (right click/Save As):
720 23.976p (IVTC Film)
720 29.97p (NTSC)
720 59.94p (Double NTSC) Interpolated
For those interested:
720 59.94p (Double NTSC) Blended
Vegas/wmv encoder appears to have successfully processed the 60p from interlaced footage, at least the frame contents are different between each other. You can place on a 60p timeline and walk the frames to verify.
I myself am thrilled with the 60p Interpolated (I haven't compared in detail with Blended yet). Even at essentially half the quality as the 30p (file sizes the same, double the number of frames). The smoothness and crispness of the peacock moving his head quickly at 60p is noticeably different than the 30p to me. Also when he is shaking his feathers and moving his head left and right, the top of his head seemed much clearer throughout the movement vs. 30p.
Of course, the old 24p vs. everything else will come up. But as a budding nature videographer/hobbiest, nature is full of chaos. Very little is smooth, planned scans or fluid movement. So my preference for this type of shot is 60p. I need to try this on some of my fountains, waterfalls and streams and compare.
Interested in feedback...
Dave
Project Properties: HDV 1080i, Upper first, 29.970 (matched my m2t, and no transitions, only Studio to Computer RGB, so I kept it at 29.97); Motion Blur Gaussian; Deinterlace - Interpolated. I threw one in for 60p Blended, in case someone wants to compare.
Render As: WMV, used 720p HD setting, just changed the frame rate, 1.00 PAR (square), each set to 3 MB target rate
Links, each about 13MB, very short clip. I recommend saving them to your machine before playing (right click/Save As):
720 23.976p (IVTC Film)
720 29.97p (NTSC)
720 59.94p (Double NTSC) Interpolated
For those interested:
720 59.94p (Double NTSC) Blended
Vegas/wmv encoder appears to have successfully processed the 60p from interlaced footage, at least the frame contents are different between each other. You can place on a 60p timeline and walk the frames to verify.
I myself am thrilled with the 60p Interpolated (I haven't compared in detail with Blended yet). Even at essentially half the quality as the 30p (file sizes the same, double the number of frames). The smoothness and crispness of the peacock moving his head quickly at 60p is noticeably different than the 30p to me. Also when he is shaking his feathers and moving his head left and right, the top of his head seemed much clearer throughout the movement vs. 30p.
Of course, the old 24p vs. everything else will come up. But as a budding nature videographer/hobbiest, nature is full of chaos. Very little is smooth, planned scans or fluid movement. So my preference for this type of shot is 60p. I need to try this on some of my fountains, waterfalls and streams and compare.
Interested in feedback...
Dave