-
Aspect problems while printing to tape
I have a client that supplied their own footage, they asure me that it was shot in 16:9 and when seen on the FCP screen it seems that this is so. The project is finished and we are trying to print to DVCPR0 deck, this is where the problem occurs. When FCP prints to tape for some reason it stretches the shots as if they were 4:3 and distorts the image. I have checked and double checked the settings and they seem to be correct. Any ideas what else could be causing this program to assume that the footage is not 16:9 during the print?
-
1 Reply
-
YOur 16:9 footage is anamorphic….that means squeezed into a 4:3 space..stretched. FCP will unsqueeze this for you in the Viewer and Canvas, but if you had an external monitor connected for a client or critical viewing, you’d need one with a 16:9 switch to see this footage unsqueezed. You are printing to tape exactly what you have.
If you want the tape to be LETTERBOXED…meaning a 16:9 image on a 4:3 frame with the top and bottom having black bars, then you either need a capture card that will do this for you, or you need to drop the footage into a non-anamorphic timeline and render…then output.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up