This post has been coming up to the top for a while so I'm reediting to say my convoluted method below is now outdated with V6. Just put your 29.97 footage on a 24p timeline (set in properties), edit away, and compile. New tutorial by Douglas Spotted Eagle on VASST site about this (www.vasst.com). The new way gives you much smoother 24p.
Over the past few years I've been playing with DVFilmaker and using Vegas 4 60i to 24p to create a more filmic cadence. I just did some renders in Vegas 6 and I'm overwhelmed at what an improvement this is. Truly looks as though it were shot on a Panny AGX-100. (I'm talking about the cadence -- film looks can be added as you desire). I was never totally satisfied with the 60i to 24p in Vegas 4 but this is, as they say, "The Bomb." The programmers at Sony have done an incredible job!
Following the help file doesn't quite give you enough information to get the best look. I relied partly on SPOTS tutorial on VASST and followed the advice from the help file to render with 2332 pulldown.
Procedure:
Bring 60i footage into the timeline. Template should be 29.97 and whatever aspect ratio you shot in. In Project properties make sure Deinterlace method is set to none.
Click on the first clip, then right-click on the last to select all. Right-click for context menu on one of the clips and choose Switches and and make sure "Disable Resample" is selected.
Then render with the appropriate 24p (23.976) template depending on whether you shot 4X3 or widescreen and use 2332 pulldown.
When rendered pull the file into a 24p project and edit from there.
I've been playing with this for a couple hours, previewing through my external monitor and the output definitely has a smooth 24p film cadence that truly looks like it was shot with a 24p camera. I've tested footage that was pretty rock-steady and footage that was handheld with quick pans and it all looks great. There's something about the cadence that doesn't call attention to itself except that if asked, was this shot on film or digital, you'd probably say immediately, "Well, obviously on film!"
Over the past few years I've been playing with DVFilmaker and using Vegas 4 60i to 24p to create a more filmic cadence. I just did some renders in Vegas 6 and I'm overwhelmed at what an improvement this is. Truly looks as though it were shot on a Panny AGX-100. (I'm talking about the cadence -- film looks can be added as you desire). I was never totally satisfied with the 60i to 24p in Vegas 4 but this is, as they say, "The Bomb." The programmers at Sony have done an incredible job!
Following the help file doesn't quite give you enough information to get the best look. I relied partly on SPOTS tutorial on VASST and followed the advice from the help file to render with 2332 pulldown.
Procedure:
Bring 60i footage into the timeline. Template should be 29.97 and whatever aspect ratio you shot in. In Project properties make sure Deinterlace method is set to none.
Click on the first clip, then right-click on the last to select all. Right-click for context menu on one of the clips and choose Switches and and make sure "Disable Resample" is selected.
Then render with the appropriate 24p (23.976) template depending on whether you shot 4X3 or widescreen and use 2332 pulldown.
When rendered pull the file into a 24p project and edit from there.
I've been playing with this for a couple hours, previewing through my external monitor and the output definitely has a smooth 24p film cadence that truly looks like it was shot with a 24p camera. I've tested footage that was pretty rock-steady and footage that was handheld with quick pans and it all looks great. There's something about the cadence that doesn't call attention to itself except that if asked, was this shot on film or digital, you'd probably say immediately, "Well, obviously on film!"