Types of Projects
When you start a project on your Avid system, you need to decide on a project type. Select your project type based on your source footage. You can select one of the following options from the New Project dialog box:
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23.976p NTSC: For footage that has been shot at 23.976-fps with
advanced pulldown, or for film-originated or other 24-fps footage in
which you want to use digital audio. See Working in a 23.976p NTSC
Project.
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30i NTSC: For NTSC video-originated footage (30 fps)
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25p PAL: For 25-fps film-originated footage or other 25-fps footage,
transferred to PAL videotape
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25i PAL: For PAL video-originated footage (25 fps)
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You can import a 24p project and work with it, but you cannot capture at
24p.
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In these options, 23.976p, 24p, and 25p designate 23.976-fps, 24-fps, and 25-fps progressive media. For these projects, your source footage is captured and stored as 23.976, 24, or 25 full, discrete frames per second. In the 30i NTSC and 25i options, the i represents interlaced frames played at 30 fps or 25 fps. An interlaced frame consists of two fields, each of which contains one-half the scan lines of the frame. Interlaced frames are standard for NTSC and PAL video media.
For information on matchback projects, see
Setting Up a Matchback Project.
