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cutting anamorphic PAL DV into 5:4 PAL sequence
I am cutting together in FCP 5.04 the following:
anamorphic PAL DV
non-anamorphic (5:4) PAL DV- the equivalent of 4:3 in NTSC
4:3 NTSC DV ripped from DVD’sI have lots of subtitles to create, so I want to use a conventional 5:4 PAL DV frame for my final sequence which will allow me to letterbox the anamorphic PAL DV and have space for titles around the letterbox.
Can I use FCP 5.04 or should I upgrade now to FCP 6?
Is there a way to put the anamorphic DV PAL into a 5:4 PAL DV sequence without losing resolution? I was actually hoping that I would make the anamorphic DV appear sharper by reducing its size to fit into the standard PAL 5:4 frame.
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[paulydc] “I am cutting together in FCP 5.04 the following:
anamorphic PAL DV
non-anamorphic (5:4) PAL DV- the equivalent of 4:3 in NTSC
4:3 NTSC DV ripped from DVD’s”first off you are trying too hard and worrying too much with all these aspect ratio’s! try to think of DV PAL and DV-NTSC as simply being 4:3 … that is the effective aspect ratio of these formats (after pixel aspect ratio is taken into account).
[paulydc] “I have lots of subtitles to create, so I want to use a conventional 5:4 PAL DV frame for my final sequence which will allow me to letterbox the anamorphic PAL DV and have space for titles around the letterbox.
Can I use FCP 5.04 or should I upgrade now to FCP 6? “your FCP5 setup will be just fine
[paulydc] “Is there a way to put the anamorphic DV PAL into a 5:4 PAL DV sequence without losing resolution? I was actually hoping that I would make the anamorphic DV appear sharper by reducing its size to fit into the standard PAL 5:4 frame.”
use Easy Setup to choose DV PAL 48kHz (not the anamorphic version) … drop in any of your footage and FCP will take care of any resizing necessary. the anamorphic footage will be letterboxed just as you have been hoping.
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Thanks for your advice, Andy Meeks. I realized after I posted that the aspect ratio is really the same for PAL and NTSC –4:3. But apart from that, I have noticed that my anamorphic DV PAL footage is noticeably lower quality when simply dropped into a DV PAL 4:3 timeline and I’m concerned….I read on a forum somewhere that resizing using wireframe etc. is another method, just want to run down that idea and see if that or another way’s a better one. I get a green render line on my timeline for the anamorphic PAL footage in the 4:3 seq, which also makes me wonder. Thanks for any more advice,
cheers,
Paul W.Paulydc
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[Paul Williams] “I get a green render line on my timeline for the anamorphic PAL footage in the 4:3 seq, which also makes me wonder.”
You’re doing the right thing – the green line indicates that you’ll have to render the sequence for final output. Final Cut is deliberately reducing the visual quality to give you real-time playback. Select all your footage, hit Sequence>Render All to see full quality.
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Thanks Stuart. I’m relieved to know I’m not losing res by having to render PAL anamorphic DV when outputting to PAL 4:3 DV.
Another question: Am I kidding myself that the audience will have the illusion of a sharper image since the Anamorphic image is made smaller to fit into the 4:3 wrapper? (Just grimacing at the whole format choice -DV-budget reasons).
Paulydc
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