• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Question about resolution and aspect ratio

  Posted by Dave George on March 16, 2012 at 2:47 pm

  Why does FCP, in the sequence settings, list “HD (1440×1080)” as being 16:9 when that ratio is actually 4:3. Help a confused kid out here. Thanks!

  Dave George
  Marketing Director

  Stephen Smith replied 14 years, 1 month ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Stephen Smith

  March 16, 2012 at 3:20 pm

  1440×1080 is 1920 x 1080. When a 1440 x 1080 clip comes into an editing application it stretches the image to 1920 x 1080. It is the same idea behind anamorphic. When you shot a 4:3 image it looked stretched. When you bring it into FCP and check Anamorphic it would squash it down to 16:9. Hope this “in a nutshell” answer helps and best of luck.

  Stephen Smith
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  Chris Tompkins

  March 16, 2012 at 10:20 pm

  Otherwise known as a “thin-raster” format, where as 1920X1080 is “full raster”

  Chris Tompkins
  Video Atlanta LLC
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  Rafael Amador

  March 17, 2012 at 12:13 pm

  1440×1080 is based on HD Pixels which are not squared.
  The aspect (proportions, frame) of a 1440×1080 HD picture is exactly the same of a 1920×1080 SQ Pixels.
  Both are 16×9.
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Dave George

  March 17, 2012 at 1:15 pm

  Thanks, Rafael!

  Dave George
  Marketing Director
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  Dave George

  March 17, 2012 at 1:16 pm

  Thanks, Stephen!

  Dave George
  Marketing Director
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  Stephen Smith

  March 19, 2012 at 3:11 pm

  Happy to help. Best of luck.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

  Check out my Motion Training DVD

  Check out my Vimeo page

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