• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  PSD files – Wrong Resolution in FCP

  Posted by Arielle Evans on February 26, 2011 at 4:12 pm

  Hi! I have limited experience with Final Cut, and I am very new to Creative Cow. My question is probably very stupid, but here’s my problem:

  I am importing .psds to Final Cut to create simple animations using the layers. I can do that just fine, but when I view the sequence within my project, the resolution is wrong – the layer doesn’t cover the whole screen and the image is squished in. My video clips are all 1920×1080, and I am working in .psds that are 1920×1080 72 ppi. The weirdest part is, if I export the image from Photoshop as a .png, the resolution comes out correctly. See examples:

  PSD File:
  

  PNG File:
  

  It really seems like there is some simple setting that I am just not finding. Help!

  I am using FCP 7.0.2 and Photoshop 12.0.2 x64

  Arielle Evans replied 15 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Paul Jay

  February 26, 2011 at 4:59 pm

  Your Photoshop file is probably 1920×1080 SQUARE pixels.

  What are the exact Sequence settings of your FCP Timeline?
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  Arielle Evans

  February 26, 2011 at 5:16 pm

  Thanks! I figured it out about ten minutes after writing this post. Doh.

  You were right. All I had to do was change the Sequence’s pixel aspect ratio to square.

  Thanks again.

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