If you thought most NTSC video ran at 29.97 frames per second, that's only half the story – literally. It actually runs at a speed of 59.94 fields rather than 29.97 frames per second (fps), with pairs of fields “interlaced” to form a complete frame (see the illustration at left). When you shoot footage with […]

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Back in 1997 – still fairly early in our motion graphics career – one of our more enjoyable gigs was creating promotionals for NBC. These promos didn’t appear on television; they were destined for the Big Screen – namely, NBC’s huge AstroVision screen in Times Square. Rather than showing upcoming episodes of specific shows, they […]

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