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720 x 480 to 1440 x 1080
It was an odd situation, basically I had to capture HD footage as DV (2 different cameras we used in filming and they didnt like eachother). So I now have 1440×1080 footage in 720×480, but the rest of my project is in 1440×1080. Is there a way in FCP to change the Frame Size?
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It should playback fine in FCP6.
If you’re in FCP5, you could put the footage in a 1440×1080 timeline and then export it as a self contained movie. Then bring it in to FCP again.
You could also use compressor.
-Russ
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I dont think I explained my situation correctly. I have a project already set up in 1440×1080. I had to capture some footage as 720×480. When it playsback, it plays much smaller than the rest of my timelined footage (1440×1080). I was wondering if there was a way to convert 720×480 footage to 1440×1080 in FCP5 without recapturing everything?
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You can just scale it up in the motion tab.
Double click on the clip. That will open it up in the viewer. Then select the motion tab and just crank the scale up.
-Russ
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That makes the footage larger but it doesnt convert the video to 1440×1080. 720×480 is not a product of 1440×1080, example. 720 multiplied by 2 is 1440. However, 480 multiplied by 2 is 960. Therefor they are not products of eachother and are not scalable. Not to mention 720 x 480 is 4:3 and 1440×1080 is 16:9. I really just want to be able to convert the two. Thank you for the response though 🙂
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So you want to stretch it so the SD 4:3 image fills the HD 16:9 frame? Things will look distorted, but if you want to do that:
-Turn wireframe+image on in the canvas window (button just above the image in the canvas window)
-Use your selection tool and select the corner of the image and hold down shift while you scale it to fill the frame. This will allow you to change the aspect ratio as you scale it too.
I hate doing this because it looks funny to stretch the image, but if that’s what you’re going for then go for it.
With out changing the aspect ratio, then you’re dealing with either cropping the top and bottom or leaving black on the sides.
-Russ
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Thank you very much for your help!! 🙂
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Also look into Digital Anarchy’s Resizer. It is spefically designed for this purpose. I have downloaded and tried the demo version but am shooting in broadcast SD so I don’t have a need for it now. However, if I did then I would buy it. It really worked well on some test footage I had. http://WWW.DIGITALANARCHY.COM
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