• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  fitting 1440 HD video into 1280×720 codec

  Posted by Chris Gallaway on June 24, 2011 at 6:23 pm

  Hey folks,

  I’ve been working on exporting HD projects for posting on Vimeo. Their recommended dimensions are 1280×720. My source video (& timeline) is 1440×1080, and when I export to 1280×720 the edges of the frame are cropped. This creates problems when graphic details extend to the edge of the image. Can anyone recommend a way to export so that the whole 1440×1080 frame will fit down into 1280×720? If you can help, I give you my thanks!

  -Chris

  Andrew Karczewski replied 14 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Andrew Karczewski

  June 24, 2011 at 7:55 pm

  Hmm, I doubt that your footage is actually 1440×1080…usually that dimension applies to HDV footage.

  FCP knows to stretch this footage to full raster aka 1920×1080.

  My advice would be to change your Sequence Setting to Apple ProRes 422 1920×1080 – Render – export 1280x720p video – upload to Vimeo

  P.S. I’m guessing you shot HDV (1080i), so it might be a good idea to deinterlace…with Vimeo as the final destination

  Andrew Karczewski.

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