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Add 3:2 pulldown

Adds 3:2 pulldown to the input footage.

3:2 pulldown is a process of converting 24 frames per second (fps) film to 29.97 fps interlaced video. In this process, the film is first slowed down 0.1% to match the speed difference between 29.97 fps and 30 fps. Then, film frames are distributed across video fields in a repeating 3:2 pattern in order to make 24 film frames fill the space of 30 video frames per second:

The first frame of film is copied to 3 fields of video,

the second frame of film is copied to 2 fields of video,

the third frame of film is again copied to 3 fields,

the fourth frame of film is copied to 2 fields, and so on.

If you’re using footage that was originally film but was converted to video, you may have used the Remove 3:2 pulldown node when importing the footage to Nuke. In this case, the Add 3:2 pulldown node allows you to reintroduce 3:2 pulldown before rendering the footage back to video.

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