Changing the sequence Time base

I imported a project into studio 2 that the sequence settings were origionaly DV NTSC 48K 29.97. My current sequence settings for studio 2 are DV NTSC 48 K- 23.98 . How can I get the sequence back to 29.97?
Thanks,
Paul

You can open sequence settings cmd-zero and change, provided you have put nothing in sequence. Once you've put a clip into the sequence the timebase is locked. You have to make a new sequence and copy and paste your clips into the new sequence.

Yeah Tom...Exactly what I'm doing right now...Thanks!!!

OK Tom,
If I make the settings in audio/video settings
Sequence presetV NTSC 48kHz and the capture preset: DV NTSC 48 kHz
when I import a project into Studio2 it should have those settings Correct?
I want a 29.97 sequence. I did this but when I checked the sequence setting it was 23.98!
What's up?
Thanks,
Paul

You can't import a project into another project. You can drag a sequence from one project to another project, but that's not going to change any of its parameters including its timebase.

Thanks! It was from an ealier version of FCP............
The Question I want to know is: when you change those Audio/Video Settings just under easy setup.. that defines what your sequence format is Yes? 23.98 or 29.97 whatever your choose..yes?

Only for any subsequent sequences you create, not for any existing sequences.

No. The "easy setup" you choose just defines a template for new timelines you create. You can change the "easy setup" all night long if you want to, and it won't change a single thing about any of the timelines you've already got in your project.

It is not possible to change the time base of a timeline with footage in it. What you can do, as Tom said, is create a new timeline, and paste all your stuff from the other timeline into the new one. Then you should take great care to examine every edit on your new timeline, because copy-and-pasting stuff from one timebase to another can introduce single-frame misalignments in your edits, where rather than going from the out frame to the in frame, it goes to a single frame of black before the next in frame. Watch out for that.

And watch on an external monitor. Some of those frame-rate discrepancies are invisible on a timeline but pop out when playing on an external monitor.


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