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    Crop during import?

    Posted by Dan Roy on May 18, 2012 at 4:43 am

    I’m recording some standard definition video for a set of instructional videos, and I mistakenly recorded the footage in Letterbox mode rather than Squeeze mode for the first couple sessions. This might sound like a crazy question, but is there a way, in Final Cut or elsewhere, to crop out the black bars upon import? Like set the range of usable video on the tape and have it only import that, so I don’t have to crop it out later when edit? I assume not but I thought I’d ask.

    Equipment: Panasonic HVX-200P, Final Cut 7

    Thanks,
    Dan

    Dan Roy replied 13 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Shane Ross

    May 18, 2012 at 5:43 am

    No, there is not. Sorry. YOu have to place the footage into the sequence, fix the DISTORT so that it is 0…and scale up the shot 25-30%.

    Shane
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  • Dan Roy

    May 23, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    Thanks, I appreciate the quick response

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