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Export Hell
So Im editing 1280×720 but I need to export one clip as 720×486. In my export options I select “custom” and choose 720×486 and make sure the “size to fit” option is active. Yet it will not letter box upon exporting. I have also gone into the “format options” menu and chosen my codec, the size of 720×486, and the “preserve aspect ratio using letterbox” option. Still my exported file is not letter boxed. In all instances the video is stretched vertically to fill the quicktime window and the export ignores all commands to “size to fit” and to “preserve aspect ratio using letterbox.” Any ideas? Thanks.
Nitris DX
MC 3.1.1
Mac
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6 Replies
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Try changing your project temporarily to SD
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John have you tried this solution before… switching the project temporarily to SD? Is a standard workaround? I will try it as soon as Im back in the edit suite. Thanks.
– Justin Gray
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Hey Justin, hope you still need this: drop the REFORMAT 16:9 letter box on your footage in the timeline and export with your regular 720×486 (without the letterbox option or anything else)i know it sound crazy but it works i do it all the time…takes longer to export though.
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Adrian…
Thanks so much. Your technique worked beautifully!!! It’s so strange that this is the method. This should be a no-brainer to get the desired output method but once again a work around is need to do very simple things in Avid. I do appreciate your help very much. I’m curious, are most people just exporting in their native HD resolutions and using Squeeze to down-convert the exported file to SD? Take care.-Justin
– Justin Gray
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“I’m curious, are most people just exporting in their native HD resolutions and using Squeeze to down-convert the exported file to SD?”
Justin, to be honest with you i don’t know the answer to that since i’ve never used squeeze to achieve the downconvert with letterbox, in the Avid you can also transcode HD to SD but it stills gives you anamorphic and then you have to apply the reformat effect which at the end is an extra step and doesn’t make any sense to me in terms of time. I’d also like to know what people is doing to address this
cheers
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For those of you reading this thread I’d like to expand a bit on Adrian’s technique. Once the Reformat 16:9 letter box effect is on it’s own track and your footage looks “squished,” right click your Composer window and switch off “16:9” video. This allows you to view your footage with no distortion. Second, open your video output tool and in the “options” tab switch your down-convert to Anamorphic. This will allow you client monitor to have no distortion. As Adrian mentions this exports perfectly. Hope this thread help those who need it.
-Justin
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