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How to export 1920*1080 mov files?
Hi, everyone. My original resources are shot by Panasonic Dvcpro HD with the format 1080i50; 1920*1080; now i log and transfer in Final cut pro,with easy setting as Dvcpro HD 1080i50. It seems everythhing is correct, but the mov files that i get are 1440*1080, instead of 1920*1080. What’s the problem? Are there any other settings that i do wrong?
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Your file sizes are correct for DVCPro HD. This is an anamorphic format, just like HDV.
1080i/50 is 1440×1080
1080i/60 is 1280×1080
720 is 960×720
Final Cut Pro automatically stretches the files back out to full raster during playback.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Thank you for your answer, Walter. But still i have some questions. If this is an anamorphic format, then is there a way that i get a normal format? Since when I shot, I shot 16:9 videos and I don’t want to get some 4:3 video files as my result.
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[Newton Niu] “Since when I shot, I shot 16:9 videos and I don’t want to get some 4:3 video files as my result.”
They’re not 4:3, they’re still 16:9.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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Thanks for the quick reply, but sorry to bother you again. How come a 1440*1080 video is still 16:9? And 1440:1080=4:3=1.33? I am a little confused.
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[Newton Niu] “How come a 1440*1080 video is still 16:9? And 1440:1080=4:3=1.33? I am a little confused.”
Anamorphic video takes a 16×9 image, squeezes it into and 4×3 frame when recorded, then unsqueezes the image back to 16×9 on the fly for display. It’s just another way of compressing and uncompressing information to save space.
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[walter biscardi] “1080i/60 is 1280×1080”
Walter,
Didn’t you mean 1920 x 1080?
Have a wonderful day.
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[Chris Poisson] “Walter,
Didn’t you mean 1920 x 1080? “
Not in DVCPro HD. 1080i/60 is 1280×1080 then stretched back out to 1920 x 1080 by FCP.
1080i/50 is 1440 x 1080 then stretched back out to 1920 x 1080 by FCP.
HDV is 1440 x 1080 in both formats.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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Walter, I am having this same dilemma at the moment.
If I am editing 108050i vision on a 1440 x 1080 timeline sequence, how do I get the 1920 x 1080 file (as you say) that occurs by exporting to a new file from the timeline?
I don’t “play back” to anything from the timeline…I always export to a new file and need that new exported file to be 1920 x 1080. How does FCP stretch anything to 1920 if you are exporting from a 1440 timeline?
Obviously I am new to this and missing something important.
Cheers,
David
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I am having the same problem to be honest with you.
I used the SONY Z1 HDV camera and imported the file in the FCP 7 on the 1080i x 1444 spec.Now i have finished editing and i would like to export the movie on the the same format and if possible even higher.
I went on youtube and someone had posted a clip suggesting what should you do to exported for you tube use, however i need to produce a DVD with the best quality that fcp can give and if that is not possible then the original quality which was originally feed in.
Thanks
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