Working with Field Based Footage in Color

Hi,
I have a film shot on mini DV that is interlaced, when I send it to color to grade then back to FCP is seems to have lost a field.
In the end I will master it as progressive, but Id rather merge fields than loose one all together.
waht is the best workflow in this situation?
cheers
Alex

Before you bring the material into FCP (let alone color) convert it to ProResLT progressive. Use Frame Controls deinterlace set to better.
You now have 10 bit 4:2:2 progressive files
Do your edit in FCP.
Send the resulting files to Color
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http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/enhance/fexits.htm
But Have a look at OSS note 29377 as well:
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Problems and questions concerning field exits
Other terms
FAQ, Q+A, SMOD/CMOD, field exits
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Note
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8. Although a global field exit is inactive, a function module is called which does not exist (for example FIELD_EXIT_PROGRAMM_@). This can lead to an ABAP dump error when function module FIELD_EXIT_<data element name> is called.
This is an error in the kernel which no longer occurs as of Release 3.0C. As a temporary measure, it is useful to assign a program and a screen which do not exist to the field exit and then activate the field exit.
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