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FCP 7 not exporting 16:9 properly
I have searched the threads for this extensively. The ones I have read seem to suggest its a Quicktime issue. But QT10 no longer has the preferences accessible it used to have. I think I have determined it’s an FCP issue. I have FCP 7 on one machine and it works and displays exported 16:9 media just fine. But I just purchased a macbook pro (both machines have snow leopard with FCP7) and the exported clips on the macbook are appearing different than the exported clips on the iMac. both the same FCP version software and OS. SO I think it must be an FCP issue. But I never had this issue before. For example, I’m exporting 1440×1080 with “Export as Quicktime movie” using H.264 and have no problems on the iMac. But when I do the exact same thing on the macbook pro the exported icon on the desktop appears in a 4:3 ratio as does the movie when launched within the finder and also within Quicktime Player. And yes I have even tried checking anamorphic. – anyone have this issue?
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Please give the exact item properties of the sequence you’re exporting and the clips in the sequence. A screenshot of the item properties would be helpful.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
thanks. here’s 2 screen shots of the sequence settings and the attempted export settings.
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I see so many things wrong in that screen shot of your Browser, I don’t even know where to begin.
Honestly, your codec choices make no sense whatsoever.
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well.. the sequence “in blue” is merely conforming to the settings of the media I have brought in. in this case.. what would you do? I’m basically trying to export the 1440×1080 .mov with H.264 compression to get eh 7GB file smaller for a youtube upload. But the export keeps displaying as 4:3..
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What John said, plus you have four different sequence settings there, only one of which is true widescreen. The others are either anamorphic or 4:3. Which one are you actually exporting?
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
thanks tom. it’s the sequence in blue.
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1440×1080 is HD anamorphic. Why are you exporting? Where are you trying to get to? If you want it to be full HD in H.264 for something that doesn’t understand anamorphic media like this then you have to export it in full widescreen 1920×1080.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
The sequence should be 1440 x1080 HD PIXELS , and no Anamorphic.
As Tom points, export a full HD: 1280 x 720 or 10920 x 1080.
Be careful about the field order too. There is no “Lower First” in HD.
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thanks rafael.
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You say you’re exporting the Sequence highlighted in Blue.
This shows Apple Intermediate Codec (which nobody should really use anymore)
But then the Sequence preset shows the H.264 codec (which is not an editing codec). Is this what the AIC Preset sets for a codec these days or did you manually change the codec to H.264?
And there is no HD that is lower field first, not sure how this got set that way. Did you manually set this for lower field first?
1440 x 1080 is anamorphic. The Pixel aspect is set incorrectly in your sequence as it’s set for Square. That pixel aspect ratio is only for full raster 720×1280 and 1920×1080 HD formats.
If you want a full raster 16:9 output from this timeline, you need to do this in Compressor by exporting a full Square Pixel aspect QT.
Your issue is definitely not FCP related. It’s a setup issue with your Sequence and how you’re exporting.
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