Quick Start in Motion 3


The step-by-step section below, Using Frames in Motion, will walk you through applying the Frames FX Plug to a DV or HDV project in Motion 3.

NOTE: This version of Frames uses the newer FX Plug standard and will NOT run in Motion versions earlier than 3.0.

Using Frames in Motion

Creating deinterlaced output from 24p media is easy using Magic Bullet Frames. If you are starting from a 60i source, then you can covert to either 30p or 24p with pulldown. If you are converting from 50i source (PAL SD or 50i HDV), then you can use the Deinterlace Only option to produce 25p media.

NOTE: You should NOT use the 24p Conversion option in the Frames plug-in for PAL sources. The resulting frame rate will be effectively 20p and will look wrong and be incompatible with most output formats.

Here is how to setup and render a Frames project in Motion.

Step 1. Create a project in the size and duration to fit the media that you would like to convert from interlaced to progressive or to 24p from a NTSC 60i source. You should match the frame rate of your input media (29.97 for NTSC or 25 for PAL).

Motion Projct
Settings for an HDV project destined for progressive output

Step 2. Import your interlaced footage. Remember that it is important to start with interlaced footage. Frames does NOT convert progressive formats such as 30p to 24p. You can simply use the File Browser to navigate to your media directory and drag and drop the footage into the project.

Fil Browser
The File Browser in Motion

Step 3. Put your footage into a sequence and apply the Frames plug-in from the Library > Filters > Magic Bullet filters category in the Library tab. If you don't see the Frames filter, check the section on installation.

Motion Frames GUI
The Frames interface in the Filter tab in Motion

The default option of Deinterlace Only simply takes 60i or 50i media and coverts it to progressive format at half the rate, either 30 or 25 frames per second. If you have NTSC 60i media, you can change the Mode menu to 24p conversion, which does frame rate conversion and pulldown insertion. If you choose 24p conversion and you want to view the inserted fields, you will need to turn on the Field Rendering option from the View fly-out menu in the Project window.

Step 4. Render the project to disk by choosing File > Export. The only setting you will want to change is to change the Use pop-up menu to your destination format, be it DV, HDV, DVCPRO HD, XDCAM or whatever is appropriate for your final project. If you intend to do further processing, then you should choose the Apple ProRes HQ setting to maintain the best quality when you reprocess the media in other applications.

Motion Output Options
The Output Options Menu in Motion