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  • Export Size Settings (fcp 7): 1280 x 720 HD –or– HD 1280 x 720 16:9?

    Posted by Ted Coakley on April 7, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    Can someone tell me the difference between the very similar-looking choices of two sections of the dropdown menu of FCP 7’s Export size settings?

    I get there by Export > Using QuickTime Conversion > Options > Size > Dimensions, as seen here:

    Can anyone tell me the difference between the 2nd section’s 1280 x 720 HD and 1920 x 1080 HD and the 3rd section’s HD 1280 x 720 16:9 and HD 1920 x 1080 16:9?

    Thanks!

    Ted Coakley replied 11 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Eric Strand

    April 7, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    HD 1280×720 16:9 creates a video that is 1248×702, whereas 1280×720 HD creates a video that is truly 1280×720 HD. (See next to the Size button)

    Not sure what the 1248×702 is for, if you google around there are a bunch of threads on it. In practical use, I think it’s fine to use either one.

    @ericstrand11

  • Ted Coakley

    April 7, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks for the reply, Eric!

    [Eric Strand] “HD 1280×720 16:9 creates a video that is 1248×702”

    That leaves me wondering, then why call it 1280×720, when it actually makes a 1248×702?!

    [Eric Strand] “In practical use, I think it’s fine to use either one.”

    I guess I’d find it fine to use either one, only if 1248×702 is a sufficient size, but if you actually need bigger than that (i.e. the 1280×720 one chooses, thinking they’re getting that), then it would definitely not be fine, in practical use, to choose the smaller 1248×702.

    I wonder why the inaccurate 1280×720 label for a 1248×702 size!

  • Ted Coakley

    February 26, 2015 at 2:25 am

    10 months later, still wondering if anyone in the green pastures of CCow.net might answer my last posting in this thread.
    Anybody??

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