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Viewer crops HDV to 4:3
Hi,
I’m editing a project with both HDV and EX material on MacPro running OS X 10.5.8 and FCP7 (upgraded just last week). I have a strange problem with some (but not all) HDV-material.
As I open the material in viewer, the image shows in correct aspect ratio, but it looks like it has been cropped from sides to 4:3. All the settings (in browser and also in motion-tab) seem to be same in these clips and the ones that work correctly. If I edit the clips to (EX-)sequence they look just fine and match frame pops them back up in the viewer with no problems at all.
Also, I somehow managed to get some of the clips look totally distorted after clicking the anamorphic-button (first on and then off again)… This I can fix by changing the aspect ratio to square, but that doesn’t feel quite right as I know that it should be HD(1440×1080). And once again, all the settings are similar to those of the correctly working clips.
So what to do? I can always work my way around the problem, but it is VERY annoying, as I can’t tell the right composition of the clips right away.
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5 Replies
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Is your viewer set to fit to window? And BTW 1440×1080 isn’t square. But it is a standard HD size, so it’s not anamorphic either. I don’t think any HD sources should ever have the anamorphic checkbox enabled. Even DVCProHD at 960×720 which is more anamorphic than SD anamorphic. But it’s part of the codec spec as is HDV.
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Hi Bret and thanks for your answer,
I’m pretty sure I’ve tested each and every different setting from the viewer, including the “fit the window” one. The funny thing is that when I zoom out the wireframe of the picture seems correct, but all I see is the middle of the image. Just like looking at the picture through a bit too small Christmas calendar window… Also, if I select “fit all” the viewer isn’t scaled to fit the wireframe (as it’s supposed to, I think), but the 4:3 picture.
I know 1440×1080 isn’t square and that’s why I’m ever more confused to notice that using that setting made the few distorted clips look ok.
At the moment none of the weirdly behaving clips have anamorphic checked, as I found out it didn’t do the trick. It just made things even messier…
Few more things I’ve tried:
– booting (and re-booting…)
– reconnecting the clips
– opening the project on another computerNo success.
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What codec did you use shooting? What HDV material? How did you capture the clips?
Rainer
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There is a tick box in the Settings FCP.
User Settings_clips match sequence.
try itRainer
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Hi Rainer,
I actually worked my way around the problem by dragging the clips to the sequence, unlinking and then relinking them and dragging them back to the bin. So the problem is “solved”, though I don’t know what caused it. I have the same material in two bins (original files and sync files), and the originals didn’t have the problem, but the ones in the sync bin did. Weird.
Anyway, thanks for the suggestions, I’ll check the settings once more if the problem appears again.
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