Can I Change the Frame Rate of an Existing Timeline?

[CECOregon]

Hi-  A very new Premiere Pro CC 2017 user requesting a little assistance...

I've watched many, many helpful web tutorials and how-to videos to get me where I am in my video project and am very happy with Premiere Pro.  Now that I'm almost done, I realize the source of the "juddering" in my still photo zooms and rolling credits most likely comes from the fact that my timeline is set at 10 fps.  As I understand it, my timeline's fps is set based on my having started the project by importing video clips taken with my digital camera which apparently works at 10 fps. So now I have this idea I need to somehow redo my timeline using 24 fps so the juddering will be reduced if not eliminated.  Am I thinking about this correctly or am I way off base?  And if changing to 24 fps is the thing to do, is there an easy way to do that or do I need to create an empty new 24 fps timeline and start copying my video clips, stills and audio into the new timeline?  And what issues might arise from changing the timeline fps?  Apologies for any wildly inaccurate assumptions on my part!  Remember, I'm pretty new to this program.

Thanks very much for any assistance you can offer!

[Gary Johnstone]

I think you just import sequence or clip and drag to timeline.

Right click the image in project window and modify.

Press enter.

Not sure if that is it?

[Silvana5CB5]

the frame rate of the clip in the project window reads 23.976.

but when I copy it into the sequence on the timeline, and right-click it and look in properties, it reads 60fps. not sure if that is just the original fps it was recorded it. But I think I still see jittering and not sure if I did not convert it to 23.976 fps properly.

[Gary Johnstone]

I am not sure if fps should be divisible by 60, and if it would make any difference?

Logic seems to suggest it would not matter, but the actual playback speed would be wrong?

[Gary Johnstone]

If you convert 60fps to 30fps, every second frame is discarded.

Sorry about all the posts, but I cannot edit them.

Must be a weird new user limitation?

[Silvana5CB5]

maybe i should start a new thread, since this one is based off of the original poster's 10fps clip.

Thank you though! 🙂 

[Gary Johnstone]

Your uneven division is a problem

[Silvana5CB5]

Not trying to divide. All of my footage is 23.976 to look like actual film. I do not shoot in 30fps. For buttery looking shots i shoot my gimbal shots in 60fps and then its converted to 23.976. I usually pay an editor, but during these uncertain times i have to edit myself and am new to premiere and also new to editing 60fps shots. But thank you again. I will try posting on a new thread.

[beeks7631]

@Silvana5CBs I am not sure if I understand this but I saw this thread in my email and was going to help if I could. If you shot a video in 60fps and then in Premiere Pro change it to 23.976, it is not going to show up in the properties of the file until you export it. I think that's your problem. You have to right click the footage afer you have imported it. Then before add it in the timeline, you need to right click the footage and choose modify then choose interpret footage and then change the fps to 23.976. Then when you add it to the timeline it will export it at 23.976 but if you look at the properties its still going to show 60fps because that's the original file. If you export it at 23.976, then import that footage and add it to the timeline the properties will show 23.976. 

[Gary Johnstone]

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