16×9 output

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16×9 output

Posted by Kubrickfan01 on August 27, 2006 at 11:54 pm

Greetings all

I have been on the calf and couldn’t find an answer, so my apologies if
this is an easy one for you.

I have DVCPRO50 that I brought in to the correct preset. DV NTSC anamorphic.
Edited no problem. Exporting with the FCP conversion to MPEG2. No problems there.

But I am trying to export the footage as 16:9 letterbox. How do I do this for my entire timeline? Will it require an extra render? Or is there a little switch I’m not seeing somewhere?

Also,
When rendering for final output, I have been “rendering all” & “both”. Is this
causing uneccessary rendering?

Thank you for your knowledge and help..

Jeremy Garchow replied 19 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
8 Replies

Jeremy Garchow
August 28, 2006 at 12:09 am

If you have DV50, you should use a DV50 preset, not DV. If you need a letter box version you will need to drag your anamorphic timeline into a non-anamorphic timeline ( this process is called nesting) and adjust the aspect ratio if it has not been done automatically for you. Also, if your intended output is DVD, DVD Studio Pro will handle all of the necessary conversion for you, so no reason to go through the extra letterbox process.

Jeremy
Derek Natzke
August 28, 2006 at 12:21 am

Make a new sequence that is 4:3 and drop the 16:9 sequence you currently have, in the 4:3 sequence. This might achieve what you are looking for.

Derek Natzke
Editor
http://www.jklpost.com
Kubrickfan01
August 28, 2006 at 12:24 am

Thanks for replying.

I was told that about DVD ST3 but can’t find the toggle for it. In it’s defualt mode, it still brings in all my clips as squeezed.
Is there a way to tell it to do anamorphic?

I’m using the “export with conversion” inside FCP to MPEG2.
Am I encoding with a preferred route?
Jeremy Garchow
August 28, 2006 at 12:30 am

I use compressor, but it’s not the only way to do things. I like the results, but if you like your results, why change. Also, with newer versions of FCP and quicktime, the option to export to MPEG-2 is gone.

TO get your movies to display letterbox, click on the track and change the display mode from 4:3 to 16:9 letterbox in the inspector.

Jeremy
Kubrickfan01
August 28, 2006 at 1:44 am

I’m sorry but I can’t find anything that you mention
in DVD ST.

The inspector doesn’t provide an option to change an aspect ratio or
anything close. The manual doesn’t mention any option either.

Can you be very specific about how to do this?

Thanks
John Pale
August 28, 2006 at 1:56 am

You should not letterbox your 16:9 footage in FCP. All DVD players will take care of this for you. Leave it anamorphic, it will fill the screen on widescreen tv’s and appear letterbox on 4:3 tv’s.
Kubrickfan01
August 28, 2006 at 2:08 am

Thanks for replying.

I expected it would letterbox on a regular t.v.

It doesn’t, and doesn’t appear letterboxed when I play
my timeline in DVD ST PRO 3.

Is there a setting wrong between my FCP and DVD?
Jeremy Garchow
August 28, 2006 at 2:56 am

Perhaps DVDST3 does not have this function but, click on the track in the outline window so it is selected. The inspector for the track is now open. In the General tab, the second pulldown menu is labeled “display mode” change it from 4:3 to 16:9 letterbox.

If that option isn’t there, then you have to letterbox it yourself like we talked about earlier.

Jeremy

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