Aliasing issues with drone footage shot 23.97fps
Hey team,
I'm doing the finishing on a TV show at the moment. I haven't shot any of the footage, or done the edit, but I'm responsible for delivering the final files to the station and meeting their specs. Unfortunately the DOP shot all the drone footage not in log and at 23.97fps and we need to deliver the show in New Zealand at 25fps interlaced upper channel priority in HD. All the rest of the programme has been fine, but this drone footage is causing big aliasing issues and the station is rejecting it. I'm pretty sure the issue is the frame rate, and the fact they need the final delivery interlaced. Ie if I do a render at 25fps progressive the issue is still slightly there but not really that visible, and all the other drone stuff in the show shot at a higher frame rate is fine. I think the sharpening that DJI puts on the image and the lack of LOG are probably adding to the issue, but they're not the main thing.
This is the footage here: https://f.io/IFZeCuam. The original drone file is there, along with the exported section of the show at the format I have to deliver it in. I've tried pushing it through a bunch of different encoders, but have a similar result each time.
Does anyone have any ideas for how to smooth it out? Main most noticeable stuff is in the pebbles of the river at the top of the frame.
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