• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Exporting for 720×480 NTSC Timeline

  Posted by Bob Tanner on January 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm

  Hi,

  I recorded my screen, which has a resolution of 1680×1050. Now I have to export it for my e 720×480 NTSC Final Cut Pro timeline. When I do a custom export of 720×480 and change the ‘compression type’ to lossless, the video quality is not clear. When I export in full resolution the video quality is clear, but once it gets into Final Cut, it looses its quality, since the timeline is 720X480 NTSC.

  My question is, can I export my 1680×1050 ScreenFlow project to 720×480 and keep most of the quality?

  Thanks,
  Zevie

  Bob Tanner replied 15 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 18 Replies
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  Tom Wolsky

  January 17, 2011 at 4:27 pm

  Short answer, no. 720×480 is DV. That’s a heavily compressed format. You’re taking your large image and squeezing it down into a poor quality format not designed for graphics (which your screen capture is basically).

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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  Bob Tanner

  January 17, 2011 at 5:05 pm

  Could I change the timeline to something other then DV?
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  Tom Wolsky

  January 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm

  Change it to ProRes in HD format. Do screen captures in resolutions that match your video frame resolution.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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  Bob Tanner

  January 17, 2011 at 5:43 pm

  If I do a screen capture that matches my video frame resolution, I loose quality when I export it for my timeline size, since I’m exporting from 1680×1050…
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  Chris Tompkins

  January 17, 2011 at 5:47 pm

  What format are you editing in? Is this a SD project? or a HD?
  What is your final delivery format?

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Bob Tanner

  January 17, 2011 at 5:53 pm

  Its SD. I kinda found out a solution. I multiplied my 720×480 twice then scaled up my SD video and scaled down my HD video, now everything is just about perfect! I’ve been trying get it to work for quite a while….
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  Chris Tompkins

  January 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm

  Bad Idea! Never scale up your footage past 100% – you loose quality/resolution.
  Can you screen capture @ the SD settings? Or as close as possible?

  Take you 720X480 timeline and when the edit is done – change the codec to DV50 and re-render all.

  Take the screen capture file and output from the app/making a .mov file using the dv50 codec and bring it into FCP. If you cannot not make the screen capture close to or at 720X480 then take the screen capture file into Compressor and output a DV50 clip using the dv50 codec @ 720X480.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Tom Wolsky

  January 17, 2011 at 6:07 pm

  “1680×1050”

  What kind of size is that? If you can’t do a screen capture at 1920×1080 do it at 1280×720.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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  Bob Tanner

  January 17, 2011 at 6:08 pm

  I recorded my whole screen, you’re saying I should export it 1280×720?
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  Chris Tompkins

  January 17, 2011 at 6:13 pm

  Export it @ the size of your sequence you are using it in.

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC

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