Interlacing - What is it, and why does it exist? How do you work with it?

In this two-part series, we answer all your questions!


Interlaced sample clip for you to work on:
https://www.box.com/s/5b2326877e28bb906b70

VirtualDub Download Link: http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/
FFinputdriver: http://code.google.com/p/ffinputdriver/downloads/list?q=label:virtualdub

To install FFinputdriver, download the latest file ending in "-bin.zip".
Open your virtualdub program folder, and browse to "plugins".
Copy and paste "ffdlls" and "ffinputdriver.plugin" from the ffinputdriver folder, to the virtualdub "plugins" folder.


Sample 60fps video to let you see how amazingly smooth it looks:
https://www.box.com/s/5df8ba5df166878932e7

Same video at 30fps, see how much less awesome it looks:
https://www.box.com/s/9152d946b7e3555aab46