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CS3 project setup and exporting to letterbox
I need to export a 16×9, 720/30p CS3 project, for final viewing on a 4:3 projector in letterbox. *This project is about to kick off with a VERY short deadling and the shooters keep changing their mind about whether they’re going to shoot in 720/30p or 720/60p. I need to plan for both to be safe. How will this effect things in my original 16×9 project setup if they give me both 720/30p and 720/60p video? And what about exporting for letterbox viewing in 4:3 if this occurs? I mean, if I start a project in 720/30p with CS3 and they bring me 720/60p video as well as 720/30p video, will I have to start a new project and start editing everything all over again, and vice versa? Also, how will this effect my final letterboxed 16×9 product? **I also have to provide this to the customer in 16×9 DVD format.
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3 Replies
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Hi John,
A couple of things. If the screen is 16×9, and everything shown is 16×9, the projectionist can overshoot a 4×3 projector, putting the bars off screen. Either way, I would stick with a 16×9 project, you can always dump the timeline in a 4×3 sequence and export 4×3 if you need 4×3 letterboxed.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
Thanks for your FAST response!
The projector and screen are both 4:3.
When you say ‘dump the timeline in a 4×3 sequence’, do you mean that I should create another project in 4:3, then re-open the 16×9 project, copy everything in the timeline, then open the new 4:3 project and paste it all into the new timeline, and then export normally?
Thanks much!
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[John Brooks] “When you say ‘dump the timeline in a 4×3 sequence’, do you mean that I should create another project in 4:3, then re-open the 16×9 project, copy everything in the timeline, then open the new 4:3 project and paste it all into the new timeline, and then export normally?”
Actually, you would just drag your 16×9 sequence (from the project panel) inside a new 4×3 sequence. Scale if needed, then export as 4×3.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area
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