• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Putting HD into an SD

  Posted by Kian Mckellar on May 19, 2009 at 9:00 pm

  I have a project filmed and edited in DVCPRO 1080 and I want to throw it into a NTSC sized sequence. Currently using black bars to simulate letterboxing on my 16:9 project. Is there some way I can convert my sequence into 4:3 with letterboxing. I’ve tried just changing the setting on the sequence but it ends up squishing things horribly.

  Rafael Amador replied 16 years, 12 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Fishback

  May 19, 2009 at 10:02 pm

  Read this thread, but do what Raphael suggests in his 2nd comment near the bottom. In your sequence settings > Render Control, make sure the quality is set to Best.
  https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1036204#1036204

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  Luke Dollard

  May 20, 2009 at 12:00 am

  or simply create a dv sequence import the hd into the timeline and adjust the aspect ratio to fit. or shrink to fit.
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  Rafael Amador

  May 20, 2009 at 1:29 pm

  Hi Kian,
  Just drop your HD sequence in a 4×3 NTSC time-line.
  As John points, setting “Motion Effects Rendering: BEST” should help with the downscaling.
  rafael

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