• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Love Me! Squeeze Me! STRETCH ME!?!

  Posted by John Rinker on February 7, 2008 at 7:30 pm

  Greetings!

  Thanks to Stephen, I recently downloaded two free plug-ins from Too Much Too Soon https://www.mattias.nu/plugins/ called Anamorphic Squeeze and Smart Anamorphic which presumably convert 4:3 into 16:9. When I apply either of them this is what seems to happen.

  My question is: when either of these filters are applied it stretches the clip in my viewer vertically. At what point in the editting/exporting process will this turn into 16:9 and look normal? Is it only after I export it to a QT movie? If so, are there particular recommended settings for the export process that will make this work out for the best?

  Thanks for any advice in this matter.

  Cheers,

  John

  Sean Oneil replied 18 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Sean Oneil

  February 8, 2008 at 8:09 am

  Never. It will never look normal using that plugin. This is a plugin that stretches the image. My guess is that it stretches more on the edges than it does in the center, thus lowering the negative effect. Regardless, I have exceptional distaste for this kind of thing and I doubt it would pass QC for many broadcasters unless you are using it sparingly. Masters should be delivered in the original aspect ratio. If it must be 16:9, and it must fill the screen, then the only proper solution is to zoom and crop.

  Sean

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