Best seq. setting for working with stills for Web-only output?

[John Fishback]

What’s the problem? Describe what’s happening. Also, we need more info about your system: what kind of Mac, what version FCP & QT, what kind of storage, how are you monitoring, etc.?

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.5 QT7.5.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[Ann Malcolm]

Thanks for the reply.

I’ve tried various sequence settings — 4:3, NTSC DV 3:2, most give me a squished image in FCP. When I output to QT Movie the product is still squished and when I then compress (Sorenson Squeeze) it looks relatively okay.

So, I figured my PAR is wrong and when I adjust it in FCP to “square” PAR with a 720×480 NTSC DV (3:2) the QT looks excellent but the compression looked off.

I’m struggling with the sequence settings. Should my FCP images be squished in the Canvas/Viewer as long as I know the final compression product will be accurate?

If I’m working with solely stills should I have NTSC 4:3 or DV 3:2 or neither? When I set the Frame Size Aspect Ratio to Multimedia Large (which isn’t large enough but thought I’d try it) then everything needs rendering. When I set the pixel aspect ratio to Square rendering is still required. So, my TL (Uncompressed 8-bit NTSC) settings don’t match apparently.

Thanks again.
Ronni

FCP 5, MacBook Pro 15 2ghz, 2gb ram, OS 10.5.6, QT Pro 7, external 1TB HD