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Placing 2 4:3 images in a 16:9
Hello all,
OK, my head hurts so if anyone can help me here I’d appreciate it. I usually do this stuff in After Effects but am using FCP 4.5 for this little project.
I have 2 4:3 sequences. I need to show them side-by-side and would like to scale them down onto one 16:9 sequence. How do I non-constrained scale things in the viewer/motion attributes? And more importantly, what aspect do I do to get it to display correctly? I don’t have a simple way to preview 16:9 so that makes it a little trickier. Thanks!
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Hello,
There are three ways to fix this up.
1. Like after effects you can mess with the scale on the x axis. Open the motion tab
on the clip and go to distort>aspect enter 75 (If i remember correctly). That should do it.
2. Also if you set your timelime up as anamorphic in Seq. Settings and all of the 16×9 clips are declared as anamorphic (from the bin and go to Item Properties (Apple + 9). go down the list where it says anamorphic. The 16×9 clips should be checked and the 4×3 clios shuldn’t be marked. The computer will automatically adjust the clips on the timeline for you. This also works in reverse as well.
3. Use a plug in like Boris CC and use the DVE function that lets you adjust aspect on the X.Good Luck
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Correction on distort amount. Distort value should be 33. Sorry about that.
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If I put a 4×3 image on my DVCPRO HD timeline (which is obviously 16×9) and simply “stretch” the image without distorting it, to fill the whole 16×9 area, I’m fine, right?
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