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  Posted by Jesse Austin on April 28, 2011 at 6:35 am

  Hey All,

  Question, I am using FCP’s Compressor for this SD anamorphic job that I just completed with the edit. The final end will be YouTube, I have exported (from FCP) a uncompressed 8bit file of the project and have been attempting compression in Compressor with out any luck at all.

  When I bring the file into Compressor it keeps exporting it as 4×3 in stead of 16×9 anamorphic. I know that the original uncompressed 8bit file that is being used is in the correct format (853×480)…

  What am I doing wrong???
  Thanks for any help.

  Jess

  Jeff Greenberg replied 15 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jeff Greenberg

  April 28, 2011 at 1:43 pm

  Actually, I’m willing to bet that the original file is 720×480 but being displayed at 853×480.

  When you get your video into compressor, go to the geometry tab.
  It should detect that the frame size is 720×480 and has a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2
  IF NOT, from the drop down for Frame size, choose CUSTOM and change the pixel aspect to NTSC CCIR 601/DV 16:)

  Try and and let’s find out if it worked!

  Best,

  Jeff G

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