FCP 7 Quicktime Exporting Wrong Size

[Brad Elliott]

You can change the size in the QT options.

Export with Quicktime Coversion/options/size
You will have the option of 720×486 4×3 or
720×486 16×9 in the pulldown. You can also do a custom size.

Brad

[Tom Wolsky]

Are you using QuickTime Movie or QT Conversion?

“When I export it out as a quicktime, it makes it 655×480”

How do you know that? Where are you getting this information?

All the best,

Tom

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[John Pale]

Drag the converted file into the FCP Browser and examine its dimensions.

The dimensions reported by Quicktime Player can be odd, as its converting an SD non-square pixel size to square for display on a computer screen.

[Jason Tessmer]

I’m just using Export > Quicktime Movie. I’m NOT using QT Conversion. I try using conversion also but still get the 655 size. I know that this is the size of the movie and not just some display error cause when dropping the movie into a AE comp it’s 655. I never had this issue on FCP 6.

[Tom Wolsky]

How do you know it’s 655? Where exactly are you seeing that>? Have you brought the file back into FCP and check it’s item properties there?

This upgrade of the application has been out a while, and this is the first instance of this issue I’ve seen.

All the best,

Tom

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[Jason Tessmer]

Opening the QT in the QTplayer and opening info tells me the size. Also when importing the QT into After Effects, it also gives me a size of 655. Now, when dropping the QT back into FCP, it reads as 720×486. This is just strange.

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[Tom Wolsky]

Which QT player are you using BTW?

All the best,

Tom

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[Morten]

Beware Quicktime export wants to export at the size your canvas is set to, unless you specify other…

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[Tom Wolsky]

Really? Has that been happening to you? It’s never happened to me.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[John Pale]

Check the pixel aspect ratio in After Effects. I’ll bet for some reason its seeing it as square pixels.
Use the “Interpret Footage” dialog to fix that.