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crop vs zoom
does either cropping or zooming in on a clip in my timeline change the aspect ratio?
If im shooting in 720 by 480 and i need to crop in something other than a perfect rectangle, will this change my aspect ratio to something other than 720 – 480? would it be better to zoom?
where can i learn the industry standard for setting up and organizing my software? FCP4
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Neither change your aspect ratio.
If you crop, your TV will just have black areas where you cut off the image and the video will stay at the 4:3 aspect ratio.
If you “zoom” (it’s not really a zoom, it just enlarges your image) the image will get larger, isolating a portion, filling the whole frame and not creating any black areas on your TV screen. This will also keep the aspect ratio at 4:3.
I’d enlarge the image, but not too much or you will lose quality.
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http://www.lynda.com has a good section on Setting up FCP. It’s great resource. It costs $25 a month to watch as many videos on as many subjects as you like. I’d have a look there.
Was there any specific part of setting up FCP that was giving you trouble?
Cheers,
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Oh yeah and I forgot to mention: the training menu option top right of the COW site. There’s a DVD tutorial in there by a chap called Shane Ross. He’s one of the FCP Forum Leaders.
And there is always the Apple Pro Training Series books from Peachpit Press.
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