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