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FCPX Spatial Conform stretched only via Decklink Monitor Output
Hi
I’m working on R3D footage from a feature film. 8k Raw, editing in Red original proxies 2k. It’s a 2.39 scope Project, filmed with non-anamorphic lens just regular lens) . I just installed an external monitor setup:
MAC > Decklink Mini Monitor > Decklink Converter (sdi to hdmi 6g) > LG OLED B755
In Davinci Resolve works perfectly, but in FCPX it’s just not working. I Resolve it outputs as it should – 2.39 with black bars on top and bottom.
I did everything I was suppose to:
Project Settings were as before: 2048 x 858
All Spatial Conform set to FILLIn the Gui viewers everything is fine. But on the external LG, the image is stretched to occupy the whole frame.
I spent hours already trying to fix this.
Can anyone please help?
Thank you
Hackintosh
i9 7920
64 Gb RAM
Nvidia 1080ti + AMD Radeon 64 -
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What resolution does the monitor say it’s getting?
Is there any aspect ratio correction on it?
What resolution is the decklink sending? Is there any way to tell it to send 16×9 letterboxed?
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Hi Marco,
As far as I know the decklink mini monitor does not support 2K.
FCPX stretches your 2K scope to HD. You have to squeeze your footage vertically to get the right output.
Resolve handles this smarter.Cheers Ben
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FCPX stretches to fit the source media (timeline) to the setting of the decklink. Other apps are more forgiving and will maintain the aspect of the two don’t match. So I think Jeremy is right, just make sure the decklink settings match your FCPX sequence settings. That is always the case.
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Thank you all guis for the responses
The monitor has bad aspect custom system that’s worthless
Decklink can de set to whole Bunch of outputs, 4k dci, 2k dci, hd, etc… Virtually all of then. Nothing works’
Maybe is the 2K thing. I set the project in FCPX to 1920×1080. Than created a letterbox on top. It was a strange way, once FCPX can output on it’s guis the perfect aspect. If you guys now another way, please let me know.Thanks a lot
Marco
Hackintosh
i9 7920
64 Gb RAM
Nvidia 1080ti + AMD Radeon 64 -
Either FCPX would have to support sending the information in a way that displays the information correctly (like Resolve) or the decklinknhardwste would have to have the capability of taking the FCPX output and leteerboxing the output so it displays correctly on the monitor. I don’t think the decklink mini would have that capability, but a more capable (and expensive) option from blackmagic might.
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Or, you put the footage in a 1080 timeline, set the spatial conform to fit and edit that way, as you have suggested.
You can put a letterbox filter on an Adjustment layer and have that at the top over all the video allowing for any repo but keeping the correct aspect ratio.
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Yes, that’s what I did…
Another weird issue that I noticed tonight when exporting a DCP with Resolve’s new feature, is that output Scalling “Scale Full Frame with crop”, does show the correct black vertical bars on Davinci’s viewer, but this time, not on the TV.
Hackintosh
i9 7920
64 Gb RAM
Nvidia 1080ti + AMD Radeon 64 -
[Marco Abujamra] “Another weird issue that I noticed tonight when exporting a DCP with Resolve’s new feature, is that output Scalling “Scale Full Frame with crop”, does show the correct black vertical bars on Davinci’s viewer, but this time, not on the TV.
“You mean when you are watching the DCP though Resolve, you are seeing the incorrect aspect ratio?
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Yes, the image is occupying the whole screen of the LG monitor, when it should show black bars according to scale configurations inside resolve. Resolve GUI shows it correctly. The TV has some Aspect Ratio Settings:
16:9
Original
4:3
Vertical Zoom
All-direction ZoomThe zooms are no good. And the Original has no effect.
Hackintosh
i9 7920
64 Gb RAM
Nvidia 1080ti + AMD Radeon 64 -
What are the settings of the working timeline and what are the settings of the non-working timeline?
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