1080 60p vs 1080 30p

I guess, I will have to experiment with clips that have a lot of action and offer them in both 60p and 30p.

I would definitely upload 60fps footage as this gives the editor a choice of slowing it down or leaving it alone. Higher frame rates that a camera can handle and that are lit well surely make for some great footage. Leave it in the hands of the editor to decide on the final output (slow mo or regular) - Editing software today allows one to easily mix or make adjustments for the final frame rate.

That was my thinking too Vader...

This is an older thread but I thought I would bump it up. I am just running into this issue and I am finding the 30p converted from 60p is just not as smooth. I am glad I can upload 60p.

My suggestion would be to upload your 60p clips both ways - 60p and 30P, then in your descriptions for each reference the other clip, e.g., "see also 60P clip" and include the link to it. (Or associate them -- see below)

Depending on one's editing system and the format of the 60p clip, some editors can't deal with 60P. For example, Final Cut 7, which many editors are still using, can't deal with avchd 60P clips (at least I have never been able to). Avid Media Composer deals deals with them, but not easily. So, if someone needs a clip and is not planning to slo-mo, 60P is just a headache to avoid.

I know when I've bought P5 clips in the past for shows I was editing, I would have not picked a 60P clip (had that been a choice) for the reasons I mentioned.

Recently I tried having P5 "associate" a 60P clip and it's and 30P version I uploaded to see what happens. The result was they got associated, but unlike associating 4K and HD clips where each version is identified (4K, HD), these were not. So I just edited the title and description to say which was which (the 60P was more expensive).

I should mention I use PremierePro to get my 60p and 4K clips into shape for uploading to P5, and to downconvert 4K to HD and 60P to 30P for P5 uploading.

@bakdc thanks for the reply and ideas. I too use Premiere Pro. The real question is, is it worth the extra effort?

Uploading multiple formats is nothing but a waste of time and effort. The only one who might have trouble converting from one format to another would be a complete novice.

zanyzeus did you interpret the footage from 60p to 30p? If you did it should playback smoothly.

@jason, I think I have some jello issues, that appear as jutter once I render to 30p. I don't want to upload multiple formats.