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converting video in 4×3 timeline to work in 16×9 timeline
i have a project that i’ve edited in a standard 4×3 sequence. the video was shot in anamorphic, so FCP squeezed the video to give me a letterbox look with the black bars on top and bottom – as it should do.
here’s the problem, the client informs me that what they want is true 16×9 and not letterbox. the project is 13 minutes with a lot of edits. if i click the “16×9 anamorphic” checkbox in the sequence settings, it makes the sequence 16×9, but all the video is still letterboxed and squeezed.
is there a way to globally convert the video in the timeline to a true 16×9 – without the letterbox bars?
i can drag a clip from the browser window into this new timeline and it will be what i want, but anything already on the timeline retains the “letterbox” look.
help!
Jim Eckes
G5 Quad
4 gb Ram
FCP 5.0
AE 6.5 -
4 Replies
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A couple quick ideas: new sequence, copy and paste entire edit into it OR you might have to just bite the bullet and match frame/f10 every edit.
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“if i click the “16×9 anamorphic” checkbox in the sequence settings, it makes the sequence 16×9, but all the video is still letterboxed and squeezed.”
At this point select all the footage in the timeline control click – remove attritbutes – distort. That will unsqueeze your footage leaving you with a 16×9 sequence.
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THAT’S IT!!!!!!
Thanks very much.
I’m one happy puppy!
Jim Eckes
G5 Quad
4 gb Ram
FCP 5.0
AE 6.5 -
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