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Downscaling HD to SD for broadcaster on output
I have a 1920×1080 sequence in PPro CC 2014 that I need to deliver to a broadcaster. Their spec is 720×576 as they only accept SD ads. Before in FCP7 I could select PAL 720×576 on export and it would come out right. However when I go to export the sequence from PPro and set the export size to 720×576 with 1.09 pixel aspect, the output is letterboxed. I know there is a drop down menu at the top of the export window for stretch to fill, scale to fill etc but none of those are changing what gets outputted.
This seemed so easy in FCP and I’d love to get this figured out for PPro
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8 Replies
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It is possible I am misunderstanding you. But since 1920×1080 is a 16:9 AR, and 720×576 is not a 16:9 AR, a letterboxed appearance is exactly what you would expect, I would think.
If you want to force it to full screen in 720×576, your video will be stretched vertically and look a bit odd.
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Check with the broadcaster and see if they broadcast at 4:3. If so, you will need to determine how you’re going to convert 16:9 to 4:3 –
Letterbox
Squish
Crop 16:9 to 4:3
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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in fcp, for example, it would appear in quicktime as 720×576 and it would be full frame but squashed in. this is how the broadcaster accepts it and then when the ad is aired it appears fine. so i assume when exporting in ppro i’d select the stretch to fill option, but this doesn’t change the output. if i export a 1080 version and then bring it in to media encoder it comes out how i would expect, but i don’t really want to to export and bring back in and export again.
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something in the exporter setting seems different than the setting in media encoder.
It should export it anamorphic (stretch to fill)
I wonder if it’s a bug in cc 2014. I heard an update is coming since
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Hi, I use the stretch to fill option all the time for SD broadcast delivery – always working off HD timelines. In fact I delivered to station on Monday using PP CC 14 – and everything appeared fine, I did this through PP not Media Encoder, but use either regularly without experiencing these problems, so don’t think its an issue with 2014.
Myles Conti
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Hi Myles,
Would you be able to post a screen grab of your settings so I can compare to mine?
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Hi Richard,
Here are two screenshots for different TVC delivery. One of them allows you to upload 1024×576 whereas the other is what is actually broadcast and is 720×576
Hope this helps
Myles Conti
Director/Editor
contibrosfilms.com -
its for IMD? perfect. that’s who I’m supplying to 🙂 will try this out. thanks
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