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  How to comine 16:9 and 4:3 formats to 4:3?

  Posted by Thuna Thun on January 17, 2012 at 11:42 am

  hi

  i’m new to FCP X (10.0.2.) i have the following question:

  i am putting together an animation film that was shot in two different formats:

  – still images in 1920 x 1280
  – movie files in 1920 x 1080 25 fps

  since the still images make up the vast majority of the material, i would like to use a format that clips as little as possible from the stills, while it’s ok if the film files get cut (or blown up and then cut respectively).

  i need two final products:
  – a dvd with the best possible quality to view on the computer
  – a youtube-compatible, compressed film file

  my questions:
  – what format would be best to use for the final products?
  – how do i actually fusion the two? is compressor needed for this?

  (currently FCP automatically downscales the stills to fit the height of the movie files because for quality reasons i chose the Full HD format whenever i imported material to a new project. the downscaling of the stills is ok with me, but what is not ok is
  – that the stills have a broader black frame than the movie files, which are widescreen
  – that the downscaling of the stills makes the image “zoom out”, meaning i cannot create a smooth transition from a movie file to a still image without a major jump/zoom-out.

  thanks for your help!

  Thuna Thun replied 14 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  January 17, 2012 at 3:45 pm

  Hi Thuna,
  There is an FCPX technique forum 9look in the top of this page) where you will probably get a better advice.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Thuna Thun

  January 18, 2012 at 8:26 am

  OK thanks!

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