In Summary:
Purpose of FieldsKit ReInterlacer:
- Transforms progressive video (e.g. HDp25 frames/sec) into spatio-temporal interlaced video (e.g. SDi50 fields/sec). It achieves this by estimating the fields that would have been shot (had the original video itself been shot as interlaced) between each frame of the progressive video, via a process of motion estimation.
- Most NLEs do not use this “perfectionist” method, instead they at best simply combine (ghost-blur) successive frames, with no compensation for time/motion.
- On an interlaced display, such as an old analog TV or projector,
- The “NLE-simple” approach may lead to dynamic (changing e.g. moving) scenes and objects appearing flickery.
- The “perfectionist” approach will instead typically avoid such flicker.
Configuration of FieldsKit ReInterlacer:
- Field Order: [Lower First]
- Output Type: [= Create motion estimated fields]
- This is not the default (oddly). But it is the only proper way to get the expected “perfectionist” reinterlacing to happen!
- Source Layer: [Video 1]
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