• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Can’t export to 16:9 Quicktime from HD sequence

  Posted by Matt Coursey on September 22, 2005 at 5:56 pm

  Hi there,

  I’m using Final Cut 4.5 and Quicktime 7. I created a lovely little animation using a DVCPRO HD 720p 60 sequence and Boris titles. It looks and runs fine in FCP.

  I’m trying to export it to Quicktime file. But when ever I do it converts the file to 4:3 aspect ratio. I’ve tried several codecs PNG, TIFF, JPG, Animation, H.264, with the same results. I also tried setting a custom size of either 960×720 or 480×360, also no luck.

  Has anyone had a similar problem or know what I might be doing wrong?

  Thanks lots.

  Matt

  Matt Coursey replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jeremy Garchow

  September 23, 2005 at 1:13 am

  That’s because DVCPRO HD native footage is 960×720. It is recorded anamorphic to conserve bandwidth. It’s one the reasons we can now edit HD on laptops. The correct 16:9 aspect ratio is 1280×720. Try exporting your quicktime changing the size to 1280×720.

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  Matt Coursey

  September 23, 2005 at 6:03 pm

  Hey, thanks.

  I don’t know what happend to my math skills.

  960×720 is clearly not 16:9

  Thanks again.

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