• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Aspect Ratio – downconvert

  Posted by Alicia Nichols on August 5, 2009 at 1:48 pm

  Hi, I am pretty new to final cut. I was given movs sized 864×486 and i need to convert them to sd. My plan was to letterbox. When i drop the files into the timeline, they are automatically condensed to 720×486. Is there a way for final cut to automatically letterbox the files?

  I did find that in the motion tab i can manually adjust the aspect ratio, but I’d rather not guess what the correct aspect ratio is if there is a way to do it automatically.

  Thank you in advance.

  Tom Wolsky replied 17 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tom Wolsky

  August 5, 2009 at 1:53 pm

  Make a new standard def 4:3 sequence. Drag the clip into the canvas. You should get a dialog box that says: want to change the sequence settings. Just say No.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
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