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Anamorphic Issue – Help Needed
Hello. I am having an issue with anamorphic video in Final Cut.
I have shot footage that I am making for a DVD. It was shot with an XL2 in 16×9 mode. When I started editing I had my Final Cut sequences setup correctly. The Anamorphic check box on both the clip and sequence were selected.
Well about mid way thru my edit I had a stupid freak out where I realized the video now wasn’t going to display correctly on a 4:3 monitor. So I did what the FCP Manual said and created a new NON-Anamorphic sequence and copy/pasted my Anamorphic video into it, creating the black bars and therefore now displaying it correctly on a 4:3.
I now I need to go back! I have never made a DVD with Studio Pro before. So it didnt click until later, once I started working with Studio Pro, that now my video won’t display correctly on a Widescreen TV! For the love of god! (Studio pro has a setting that will shape your widescreen video to letterbox on a 4:3 so I didnt need to do it.)
So I just tried the process in reverse. I made a new Sequence w/the Anapmorphic check box selected. Copy/pasted my anamorphic vid from my 4:3 sequence and…crap!…it’s all squished! It is now taking all the 4:3 data, video plus the black area (top and bottom), and craming it in the anamorphic area, making for one funny looking piece of video.
I have looked thru the manual but cannot find how to go backwards. I hope the answer to this dilemma is not re-editing. I just need the Anamorphic to be Anamorphic once again. Normalcy in the world will be restored!
Can anyone help? I am coming up quickly on the deadline. Sorry for the long post and I thank you in advance for your time and suggestions!
-byron
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3 Replies
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You could just try and change the sequence back to Anamorphic and see what happens.
-mark
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It does the same thing. Just squishs the entire image.
byron
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I found the answer!! A guy on another FCP Board figured it out. I thoughbt I would share it here for others.
thanks – byron
—–the fix—-
Double click one squished clip, then in the Motion tab of the Viewer, check the Distort property. Reset it with the red x.
This should fix the one clip. Now Copy that clip, select all the clips in your Timeline, and Paste Attributes to the rest, with only the Distort checkbox checked.
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