• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Upconverting dimensions vial Kona 3

  Posted by Tom Matthies on April 30, 2008 at 2:52 pm

  I have a project I’m working on that consists of new HD footage and some recycled SD footage from a previous edit. The older footage was shot 4×3 on Digibeta. I’m upconverting this footage through a Kona 3 to pillerboxed 1920×1080. Since it started on Digibeta it actually upconverts pretty well. The issue is that the SD footage seems to be getting stretched a bit vertically and also cropped on the top and the bottom. I’m loosing some of the active video from the upconversion process and I’m not sure just why the Kona is doing this. I would guess that it should upconvert the footage matching the rasters of the SD/HD footage from top to bottom and then pillerboxing the sides but it also seems to be expanding/stretching the SD footage vertically. Any way to get this to not stretch the footage and not loose some of the top and bottom of the legacy footage?
  I’m posting this in the FCP forum since it is more of an operational problem rather than a Kona problem.
  Thanks in advance.
  Tom

  Jeremy Garchow replied 18 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jeremy Garchow

  April 30, 2008 at 5:41 pm

  In the Kona control panel, you can set how the footage upconverts in the format tab. Make sure you have it set to pillarbox 4×3 and not something like zoom 14×9 or anamorphic.

  Jeremy
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  Tom Matthies

  April 30, 2008 at 9:54 pm

  Thanks Jeremy, that was the problem.
  I checked the control panel and it was set to zoom 14×9 rather than Pillerbox 4×3.
  I didn’t realize that this setting would still affect the up conversion process when the Kona board was under control of Final Cut. Now I know.
  Thanks again,
  Tom
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  Jeremy Garchow

  April 30, 2008 at 10:05 pm

  No worries. Glad it’s working.

  Jeremy

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