Processing and Formatting Effects > Processing and Formatting Commands >
Accessing the Format Menu

Use the Format menu to format source material or solve image quality problems. To display the Format menu, click Format in the Main menu.

The Format commands are described as follows.

Deinterlace
  Separates the odd and even scanlines of a video clip. For each frame of the source clip, the result clip contains: one frame with the odd scanlines (field 1) and one with the even scanlines (field 2). See Deinterlacing Clips.
Interlace
  Interlaces the odd and even scanlines of a video clip. For each pair of frames in the source clip, the odd scanlines of one frame are interlaced with the even scanlines of the second frame to produce a single frame in the generated clip. See Interlacing Clips.
Field Merge
  Merges the fields of a clip to remove field jitter. See Merging Fields.
Dominance
  Changes the current field dominance of a selected clip. See Managing Field Dominance.
Extract Proxies
  Extracts proxies from the selected clip. See Extracting Proxies.
Film Compress
  Removes field artifacts introduced in a 24-to-30-fps conversion process. See Removing and Inserting Pulldown on the Desktop.
Film Expand
  Produces the appropriate field sequence for converting a clip from 24 to 30 fps. See Removing and Inserting Pulldown on the Desktop.
Burn In
  Stamps a timecode or frame numbers on a clip. See Burning-in Clip Information.
Change TC/KC/Rate
  Changes the timecode, keycode, or rate of a clip. See Changing Timecode.
Regenerate Proxies
  Regenerates proxies for selected clips. See Regenerating Proxies.
Separate
  Separates the individual red, green, and blue channels of an image. See Using Separate and Combine.
Combine
  Combines the individual colour space channels of three source clips (RGB, YUV, or HSL) to produce a single clip. See Using Separate and Combine.
Interleave
  Interleaves the frames of two clips to produce a single clip. See Dealing and Interleaving Clips.
Deal
  Divides the number of frames in a source clip equally into a number of smaller clips. See Dealing and Interleaving Clips.
Resize
  Changes the resolution of a clip and its frame bit depth. See Resize.

#### Topics in this section

- Previewing Results for Format Commands