16:9 will not export

[Mike Turner]

I have had the same issue exporting under the “QuickTime Movie” choice, but try this instead:
Go File>Export>Using Quicktime Conversion.
Choose “QuickTime Movie” from the drop down and then hit the options button.
Under the “Video” section hit the “Size” button. There is a drop down for “Dimensions” that gives you plenty of choices.
Go to the bottom half and pick one depending on your edit format, SD, HD, PAL, etc.
You can even enter in customized dimensions by choosing “Custom” and entering the numbers yourself.
Good luck,
Mike

[Muuray Davos]

thanks for the help.

Ive tried a couple of these options but with no luck.

Ill try another couple and see what happens,

thanks again

Parveen

[Mike Turner]

What format are you editing?

[Muuray Davos]

PAL…would i have had to set capture to anamorphic for it to work

[Mike Turner]

Try this first.
In the browser, Control-click on your sequence and choose “Settings”.
Click the check box next to Anamorphic.

[Muuray Davos]

Its checked already, Ive made an error somewhere along the line i guess. will let you know if I figure it out. In the meantime Im going to make a new PAL sequence and place my 16:9 into this and have it letterboxed.

[Chris Poisson]

If your export is for a DVD, DVDSP will stretch your squashed movie out to widescreen. Set the track to 16×9 in the inspector.

Have a wonderful day.

[Peter Simpson]

16:9 pal footage exported is anamorphic, that is it is 4:3 but looks stretched vertically. As stated above if put into DVD Studio Pro you can set the track to 16:9 and it will look correct when played on a DVD player. If you are just viewing the file on a mac open it in quicktime, go to window->show movie properties, then click on the video track and you will see an option down the bottome “Scaled Size”. Deselect preserve aspect ratio and change the 720 number to 1024. This will now display the video in it’s correct 16:9 aspect. Save the file when you close it and it will always appear this way.
Hope this helps.

[Alex Elkins]

The answer above mine is a really good one.

Also, if you’re still having no luck doing it straight out of Final Cut the dimensions you need to give your video are 1024 x 576.

[Chris Poisson]

Slightly unrelated to all this, do any of you know the frame size of a PAL 720p file?

Have a wonderful day.