• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  best way to export???

  Posted by Stevie Scarlatos on November 12, 2008 at 10:40 am

  I have a Project which i filmed on 16:9 and the setting in fcp are pal dv anamorphic but when i export it as a quicktime movie i can only see it 4:3 actually its not 4:3 it has the black spaces left and right not up and down…

  What’s the best way to export? so you dont have quality loss? and can fit on a dvd ? because say if i have a 50 minutes film i want to fit it on a dvd and not have alot of quality loss….

  Tom Meegan replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tom Meegan

  November 15, 2008 at 12:17 pm

  If you are exporting for the web, change the frame size of you export to a multiple of 16:9, like:

  320:180
  480:270

  Though the proper display aspect ratio of your footage is 16:9, the actual pixel resolution of PAL DV Anamorphic are:

  720:576

  When you reduce the ratio, you get:

  11.5:9

  Final Cut Pro knows about the pixel aspect ratio (PAR) of the footage and horizontal picture squishing that occurs in PAL anamorphic footage, and so stretches the picture for proper display.

  By giving the compressor frame dimensions that are 16:9 you stretch your footage the same way FCP has been doing in the background as you edit. This makes your pixels square on export, and makes the video display properly on viewers that assume square pixels.

  Best,

  Tom Meegan
  Woven Pixels, LLC

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