• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Anamorphic question

  Posted by Jason Olsan on January 23, 2008 at 7:03 am

  Hello again!

  I have a question regarding anamorphic video. When I export a video from Final Cut Pro based off of HDV and the default settings, it is created as an anamorphic video.

  From what I know (and please correct me if I’m wrong), this means that the pixel aspect ratio will show up correctly on a widescreen display (like on my widescreen TV if I made a DVD from this video).

  However, when I look at the video on the computer it looks as if it’s 4:3 and squished horizontally.

  What do I have to do in order to make a video that is appropriately widescreen on the computer? Also, is my understanding of anamorphic video correct or am I way off?

  Thanks!

  Jason

  Jason Olsan replied 18 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tom Meegan

  January 23, 2008 at 11:40 am

  Jason,

  Is the purpose of your export to display properly on a computer for client/personal viewing, and are you going to a format other than HDV? If so
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  Jason Olsan

  January 23, 2008 at 6:10 pm

  That makes sense, thanks!

  I think I was looking at it bass-ackwards. I was assuming that I was stuck with the 1.2-wide pixels because it came from HDV. I was calculating sizes correctly… but with the 1.2 pixel assumption, they were always coming out 4:3. Go fig!

  Thanks again!
  Jason

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