• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  aspect ratio problem

  Posted by Brian Brandt on October 9, 2012 at 11:21 pm

  I have been working on a widescreen file taken from a PAL DVD. I am using the Nattress Converter to bring convert it from PAL to NTSC.

  The original PAL file is 1280×720, 30fps.

  It has to be brought into an NTSC timeline for the conversion. None of the presets fits the PAL specs so I finally settled on:
  Frame size HD: (960X720) 16:9
  Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD (960×720)
  The file looks fine in the viewer, but has some black space left & right.

  However, when I export it always come out squashed horizontally. I’ve tried some similar HD presets (none of the NTSC seem to come close) and always the same result.

  What am I doing wrong?

  Brian

  Shane Ross replied 13 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Shane Ross

  October 9, 2012 at 11:29 pm

  [Brian Brandt] ”
  The original PAL file is 1280×720, 30fps.”

  That isn’t PAL. PAL runs at 25fps. If the file is 30fps, that already is NTSC.

  And you are using anamorphic 720p settings…960×720…instead of full raster settings…1280×720. Why? What version of FCP are you using?

  Shane
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