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    Anamorphic Footage Monitoring FCP

    Posted by James Herring — account refuses cow mail on September 15, 2005 at 2:49 am

    Hello,

    I am using the Decklink SP card for video out from Final Cut Pro 5 HD. I can’t view the footage in 16:9 wide frame mode on my monitor because I don’t have that option on my external monitor. Is there a way to view SD footage in the leterboxed mode using Blackmagic software.

    These options are available in the software setup for HD footage, but I can’t figure out how to do the same with SD footage.

    My other question is… If I upgrade to the Blackmagic HD cards, will I still be able to monitor SD content?

    Thanks,

    James –

    Create Something Wonderful

    Luke Maslen replied 20 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Kaspar Kallas

    September 15, 2005 at 6:20 am

    1. In Fcp change clip aspect ratio (motion->distort->aspect ratio) to -33 so you would be using 4:3 with black bars on top and bottom. This will be RT, so will not need to render anything. When laying back to tape select all clips ctrl+clik->remove attributes and select distort -> now you will have anamorphic picture again.

    2. Yes HD cards support SD as well

    -Kaspar

  • James Herring — account refuses cow mail

    September 15, 2005 at 4:42 pm

    Thanks Kasper,

    I’ll give this a try, sounds good.

    Thanks,

    James –

    Create Something Wonderful

  • Luke Maslen

    September 16, 2005 at 6:25 am

    Great reply Kaspar!

    Short and to the point 🙂

    Thanks for helping out.

    Regards,

    Luke Maslen
    Blackmagic Design

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