Project Properties? Odd NTSC here . .

Grazie wrote on 12/13/2005, 12:05 AM

Please explain Project Preferences > Video>Template

Option "A": "PAL Standard (720x567, 25 fps)" > Field Order "Upper Field First"

Option "B": "PAL DV (720x567, 25 fps)" > Field Order "Lower Field First"

Why? Why the change in the field order? This is in Vegas 6 AND Vegas 5.

More to the point! Check out the same comparison for NTSC? Both options for NTSC choose LOWER field first.

Is this not odd?

Grazie

Comments

Marco. wrote on 12/13/2005, 1:29 AM

Almost any PAL format is defined to Upper Field First. DV is a very exception.

Marco

Grazie wrote on 12/13/2005, 3:33 AM

Marco! I didn't know that! ! ! So, not the same as NTSC? - Weird. Thanks for responding - Grazie

farss wrote on 12/13/2005, 4:33 AM

Yeah,
I first noticed that when I started capturing PAL DigiBeta. Plus a lot of CGI kind of apps like to render as UFF just to confuse us working with DV.
And then there's those totally wierd things one strikes where in the one project someone had mixed field orders in the clips, boy did that cause some confusion and cost someone a LOT of money (not me thankfully).
Bob.