2/3 Questions 1080p to 1080i and FCPX FHA

[Andy Neil]

What does FHA mean? I’ve not heard that before.

Andy

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[Jari Innanen]

Last time I heard the term it was used with SD-tape material.. FHA= Full Height Anamorphic?

[Dan Rayner]

Exactly, Full Height Anamorphic. I don’t think it applies to my 16:9 1080p footage but it is specifically listed in the delivery format requirements for HD content “16:9 FHA”.

I just want to make sure that the file I send them is correct first time.

[Bret Williams]

Federal Housing Authority?

Wouldn’t Full Height Anamorphic refer to an SD version? HD isn’t anamorphic. Even anamorphic formats like DVCProHD aren’t technically called anamorphic.

I guess I’d start by making a 1080i sequence and going from there. That will accommodate 24p, 30p, 60p footage without any conversions needed. It’ll add the pulldown to any 24p, and 60p will get each frame mapped to a field. 30p just gets each frame duplicated to two fields.

[Gary Adcock]

[Dan Rayner] “The footage was shot in 1080p and delivery is required in 1080i FHA.”

That is an errant way to describe the image.

It should really be called full 16×9 or full 1.78 aspect.

They just want to avoid the black bars top and bottom that happen when people shoot with RED’s 2:1 aspect ratio

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[Dan Rayner]

Thanks Gary. And do you think they’ll have issues if letterboxing is used for aesthetic purposes?

[Dan Rayner]

If it wasn’t in the UK I’d agree that it must be the Fed Housing Authority!

But I think you’re right, hence my confusion on seeing it on the spec sheet.

Many thanks for your help.

[Gary Adcock]

[Dan Rayner] “do you think they’ll have issues if letterboxing is used for aesthetic purposes?”

With the way the spec was written, I would assume so.

Exception might be if you used a color other than black for it.

Note too that that also might refer to something called AFD ( auto file description) that tags horizontally compressed media like HDV and DVCProHD content to play in proper wide screen aspect ratio in HD.

just a guess with out reading thru all the specs.

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[Dan Rayner]

Thanks again Gary – very useful info.

Dan