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SD and HD footage – exporting 16 x 9
I am editing a film containing standard SD Pal footage and 1280×720 HD footage. I ultimately want to export 16×9.
Around 80% of my footage is SD, so I started cutting in an SD timeline and letterboxing the SD footage, but I realised this may not be the best approach, since I don’t know how I would then get my film out as 16:9 rather than letterboxed.
Can anyone suggest the best workflow for me to follow? Ideally I wouldn’t have to re-edit what I’ve already done.
Thanks
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9 Replies
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Can be simple if you have not used the motion tab on a lot of clips.
Duplicate your sequence and go to settings and check anamorphic. Open this timeline. The footage will now look stretched and letterbox. Select all the clips on the timeline, right click > Remove Attributes, then select Basic Motion and Distort, this will reset the clips and look correctly in the sequence.
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Hey thanks for the response.
I tried what you suggested and even after removing attributes the footage is all stretched….
My current (pre-duplication) sequences settings are 720×576, DV Pal aspect ratio and Pal pixel aspect ratio, in case that’s wrong or needs to be changed….
Or is it meant to look stretched and I fix it on output?
Thanks
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I’m in NTSCland and that has worked for me.
Once you reset the Basic Motion and the Distort settings it should fill the frame and look normal.
Are your clips anamorphic to begin with?
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Should works as Michael says.
However you will need to resize the HD footage that now should be at 100%.
rafael -
I’ve tried it a few times, and it’s definitely still stretched. It gets a bit better if I change the pixel aspect ratio to square or NTSC, but it doesn’t get right unfortunately….
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Johnatan,
Somewhere must be a miss match between the footage and the sequence.
Open a new sequence a drop any clip to conform the sequence, then copy and paste the old sequence in the new one and proceed to “Remove attributes”.
rafael -
That seemed to get me closer – but after I did it, I had to go through and manually zoom in on all the SD clips – is that what’s meant to happen?
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If the sequence is HD, you will need to zoom in the SD clips.
Is the sequence is SD, you will need to zoom out the HD clips.
rafael -
Ok, thanks for that – I guess it’s working!
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