Aspect Ratio Blues

[Chris Borjis]

[Richard Hendrick] “I will be putting an STL file of subtitles on this in DVD Studio Pro before going to final DVD. Any precautions?”

I’m glad you asked that….

When the .stl is made, make sure that the timecode entries match the sequence.

If the sequence is drop-frame, make sure the timecode entries in the .stl also are drop-frame otherwise it will fail on import.

[Richard Hendrick]

Hey Alan, as I said, it looks fine and I have re-done the graphics and titles. I do want to confirm one thing. When I brought the HD source clip into the sequence I created with your settings, FCP asked if I wanted to change the sequnce settings to match the clip settings. I assume the correct answer is “NO”, since I just made the settings I wanted the clip to conform to. Right?

[Alan Okey]

[Richard Hendrick] “I do want to confirm one thing. When I brought the HD source clip into the sequence I created with your settings, FCP asked if I wanted to change the sequnce settings to match the clip settings. I assume the correct answer is “NO”, since I just made the settings I wanted the clip to conform to. Right?”

Correct, don’t change the sequence settings in this case.

[Richard Hendrick]

I’m back. I had to wait for some last second changes from client. When I exported sequence to QT Movie, it displays on my computer in QT Player with a slightly distorted (squeezed so people appear taller and thinner) picture. The settings for QT export were

Setting: Current Settings
Include: Audio and Video
Markers: Chapter Markers

Recompress All Frames – Unchecked
Make Movie Self-Contained – Checked

The QT Movie Inspector shows
Format: Apple ProRes 422, 720 x 480, Millions
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz

Current Size: 720 x 480 (Actual)

When I played this sequence in FCP, it looked fine.

I am really running into serious deadline problems and would greatly appreciate any help.