To interlace or de-interlace?

..that is the question. My head hurts from trying to figure out when to de-interlace and when not to. Anyone have a nice, simple set of guidelines or a tutorial?
I normally use a Canon Optura 50 in standard mode (SD, 4:3). I use LiveType quite a bit and stills. I often use iMovie to make the still photos have motion since I haven't gotten up to speed in FCE with motion keyframing yet. I use DV NTSC 48kHz as the setup.
I do not have an easy way to look at my work on a NTSC monitor (that is just a TV, right? Sorry if I'm being dense!)
Can I de-interlace specific clips or stills within a sequence?
Other bits of advice in this area?
Thanks!!
Lisa

Lisa,
De-Interlace is a filter and it can be applied to any clip in your sequence, or all clips for that matter if you choose to do so. It's mostly used to reduce the flickering in freeze frames and stills, so I can see why you would be interested in the filter. There is another filter called the Flicker filter but that is mostly used to reduce low grade shimmering especially with small or serif fonts in scrolling text.
A TV is basically an NTSC monitor that has a tuner to receive broadcast television channels. If your TV has a composite, s-video or component video input it can also be used as a monitor. If you have a VCR or a DVD player connected to your TV you are actually using your TV as a monitor ! The point (or benefit) of using an external monitor is that your computer display is never going to show you exactly what your video will look like on a TV or monitor.
You can use your Optura 50 to connect your Mac to your TV and see your real video output. Connect your camera to your Mac with a FW cable, put your camera in VCR mode & set it for "DV in" (the setting is in your camera's VCR setup menus) and connect your analog a/v cable from your camera to your TV. I do it all the time; it works great.

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