Greetings video nerds!
I think I need to get clarity on mixing frame rates inside a project sequence/timeline before I continue working on my showreel type of projects. Here's a real-life use I've got right now:
Commercial Demo Reel.
Goal here is to mix footage from different commercials I worked on
Source audio has been removed from footage. Using only picture, and I will add a separate music track.
Most were shot at 24 frames per second.
ISSUE: The frame rate shown in the project window varies – I have of course 23.976, but I also have 23.93, 23.98, 24.00, and 24.04 showing in the frame rate column. These are clearly intended to be 24 frames per second so…
QUESTION: Why are they showing these fps discrepancies? Why are they not all exactly 23.976?
QUESTION: Can I safely mix these in the 23.976 timeline, even if I get a warning that the little variations don’t match the sequence settings?
QUESTION: Taking this a bit further, I also have some source footage that was shot at 30 frames per second that I want to throw in there. Most of it is 29.97, but again, some are 29.92, 29.95 30.01, 30.02, etc. How do I handle these? Same way or differently?
There seems to be a lot of misconceptions around the Interpret Footage feature. I’ve seen some people say do Interpret Footage to all source material to create a congruent frame rate to work with in a sequence, and to avoid dropped frames at all cost, but as a 2nd step make sure to also do a clip duration of a certain % to bring it back up to the actual speed it should be. I also haven’t been able to find a YouTube video that explains what to do when the frame rates have micro variance (23.976, 23.93, etc)
BONUS QUESTION: If I wanted to keep the source audio of this mixed fps footage, would that affect any of the recommendations given here? If so, how?
If someone could give me definite answers to my questions here that would be so wonderful!
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