• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Red Anamorphic 720p Sequence Dimensions

  Posted by Scott Burgess on March 19, 2013 at 12:42 am

  Hi

  I’m editing a short film shot on RED Epic in anamorphic. I’m offline in FCP using 720p 16×9 ProRes Proxy files.

  I created an anamorphic sequence preset but when I drag in the files they don’t resize correctly and end up pillar boxed. If I take out the clip, untick 16:9 Anamorphic in the sequence settings, drag the clip back in the reselect 16:9 Anamorphic then it correctly adjusts it. But every time I add a new clip into the sequence it’s pillar boxed.

  Has anyone come across this before?

  Any help would be great!

  Scott Burgess replied 13 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  March 19, 2013 at 4:55 am

  Anamorphic and 16×9 i not exactly the same.
  Anamorphic is a technique of distorting a picture to achieve an aspect ratio.

  So, if you are working with 1280×720 HD stuff, there is nothing Anamorphic on your workflow.
  Your footage must show up on the Browser as 1280×720 Squared pixels and you have to edit on a sequence with the same settings. The Anamorphic option on the browser and Sequence Settings must be unchecked.
  rafael
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  Scott Burgess

  March 19, 2013 at 6:14 am

  Hi Rafael,

  Thanks for post. I know they are not the same thing, the Proxy footage I have I am treating LIKE anamorphic footage as it’s going from 5K ANA (4:3) to 4K WS delivery with a 16:9 offline edit.

  Like I said, this temporary work around seems to do the trick but I thought there might be another way have sequence settings interpret the footage correctly.

  Thanks

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