Acrovid - FootageStudio tutorial: Standard conversions, frame rate conversions and corrections

The format conversions can be configured in the “Conversions / Resample” tab in the “Settings” panel : To convert the video format, simply select a presetting for common formats : After selecting a format conversion, all the videos in the source videos list will be converted to that format. Different formats can be mixed and the smart batch processing feature will configure the best conversion mode for each video. For instance, you can import several videos in mixed formats like 720p60, 480i30, 1080p25, 2160p30, 1080i60 or any format. Then simply select a presetting for instance 1080p24, and press the start button, all the videos will be converted to 1080p24.

1: Conversions configuration

The video standards define a wide variety of video formats in SD,HD and 4k-UHD, with different dimensions, aspect ratios and frame rates, and interlaced or progressive: Acrocode Studio Pro can convert accurately between any video standard in NTSC or PAL, for instance 480i30, 576i25, 720p60, 1080p24, 1080i60, 1080i50, 1080p60, 2160p60, etc, or any custom video dimensions and frame rate, progressive or interlaced. The conversion process can be configured independently for video resample and frame rate conversion providing the user the best flexibility to perrform the conversions.

2: Conversions and resample options

Configuring only the frame rate conversion

The frame rate conversion can be configured independently : This is very useful to configure deinterlacing, 1080i60 pulldown removal to 24p, or correcting the frame rate, keeping the original video dimensions. If you select a frame rate conversion, all the videos will be converted to that frame rate but keeping the original dimensions. For instance if processing videos in 720p60, 480i30, 1080p25, 2160p30 and 1080i60, and configuring the frame rate conversion to 24p, the resulting videos will be 720p24, 480p24, 1080p24, 2160p24 and 1080p24.

Configuring only the video resample

To configure the video resamply independently simply select a new video dimensions : By selecting only a video resampling option, the imported videos will be resampled to that dimensions, keeping the original frame rate. For instance if processing videos in 720p60, 480i30, 1080p25, 2160p30 and 1080i60, and configuring the video resample to 1080, the resulting videos will be 1080p60, 1080i30, 1080p25, 1080p30 and 1080i60.

Configuring the video resample and frame rate conversion

Instead of using presets, you can set also the video resample and frame rate conversion to any combination: For instance, to convert all the videos to HD 720p30, simply select in video resample “HD/HDV 720” and in frame rate conversions “Convert to 30p”.

The conversions and resample options allows to configure the way the conversions are processed, to configure the current options, open the Conversions options dialog and the Resample options dialog in the Conversions/Resample tab :

Resample options Conversion options

Please see the software help file for a detailed explanation of the parameters. In this tutorial you can see how to configure the frame rate down conversions.

3: Configuration examples

The conversion can be configured by presets or by setting manually the video resample and the frame rate conversion:

When configuring by presets, all the imported videos will be converted to the selected format. For instance if the user have imported a videos in these formats 720p60, 480i30, 1080p25, 2160p30 and 1080i60 , and have selected the 1080p24 preset, then all the videos will be converted to 1080p24. If you need more control over the conversions, you can set the resample and the frame rate conversion independently. For instance, if the user have imported a list of videos in these formats: 720p60, 480i30, 1080p25, 2160p30 and 1080i60, these will be the results of different configurations :

Video resample Frame rate conversion Results

HD/HDV 720 16:9

HD 1080 16:9

No video resample

HD/HDV 720 16:9

HD 1080 16:9

No video resample

Convert to 24p

all videos in 1080p24

Convert to 60p

No frame rate conversion

Convert to 30i/60i