Updated for PD12 which adds a 24fps option on the timeline.
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There have been a few Questions on how to assess the "quality" of various Output settings such as changes in the Frames per Second, Interlacing, GOP structures or even format choices.

To make life easier to "see" the impact of these choices, I've attached the following PD Packaged Projects that can be used for testing:
- 24fps Test Pattern
- 25fps Test Pattern
- 30fps Test Pattern
- 50fps Test Pattern

Each of these are made up of individual PNG files in a rotating clock that has a unique segment for each frame and rotates once per second with a beep at the start of each second. These are then repeated 20 times so you have a 20sec project.

To test,
1) load the project that matches the input frame rate of the media you want to test
2) output the project to the format, fps, gop structure
3) load the newly created file back into PD and then step through the output Frame by Frame and you will see what PD has done (eg what pattern it has used to change FPS, or any encoding issues, or audio/video sync issues)

Missing Test Patterns:
- 60fps Test Pattern: Sorry, as I have never shoot in 60fps I've never created the pattern but may get around to it one day for completeness

Have fun!
Nathan

PS - a simple overview of FPS conversion can be found here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine and by looking at the "produced" footage from the above Test Patterns you can see what pull-down pattern PD uses.

The 25 / 30 / 50fps test patters can be downloaded from this thread - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/25402.page
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