FCP anamorphic check in browser

[Peter Wiggins]

[Jarko Romanesko] “I had to change the anamorphic setting(check box) for 112 TIFFS in the browser. What a hassle!
Does anyone know a way to change this setting for all 112 Tiff files at the same time?(and all the other settings in the browser such as reel setting)”

Go to the browser
highlight all the tiffs
right click whilst hovering over the anamorphic column, change to yes.

2 operations opposed to 112 clicks

Peter

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[John Pale]

[Jarko Romanesko] “Does anyone know a what to change sequence settings and that these changes will be applied to all the clips that were allready in the timeline.”

Try creating a new sequence with the correct settings, then copy/paste everything from the old sequence into the new one.

[Mark Maness]

[John Pale] “Try creating a new sequence with the correct settings, then copy/paste everything from the old sequence into the new one.”

I always thought this was an error that Apple should have addressed. But I’m sure they won’t.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com

[Ben Insler]

[Jarko Romanesko] “When a clip is inserted in the timeline and I change the sequence settings, the changes are not applied until I re-inserted that clip in the time line. (first I have to delete that clip)”

Yes, sometimes you do have to change sequence settings, and there’s a quick fix for you… but first, I’ll explain for a second – I always find it’s easier to troubleshoot later if you know what FCP is doing, so here goes…

When your clip and sequence settings don’t match (as in aspect ratio, resolution, pixel aspect, etc.), FCP has procedural functions that fit mismatched footage into sequences. For example, if you put a DV Anamorphic clip into a DV 4:3 sequence, FCP detects that the clip is anamorphic and automatically scales the clip vertically (but not horizontally) so that the anamorphic clip is displayed in its proper aspect ratio within the 4:3 sequence (thus letterboxing). This happens with any media, so if you put DVCPRO HD in a DV sequence, it scales the DVCPRO HD down, and then squashes it vertically so that the entire 16:9 HD clip is displayed, in 16:9, in the 4:3 sequence…yada yada yada. All of this information is contained in the Motion tab when a clip from the timeline is opened in the viewer, and so here is where your problem lies: When you place media in a not-corresponding timeline, the motion attributes of that clip are change for the affiliate clip in the timeline. If you change the Sequence settings, FCP does not change the motion tab attributes of clips in the timeline. It leaves your clips the way they are (and this is a GOOD thing, I promise).

Ok, enough backgorund. Here’s your fix. Let’s use a DV 4:3 sequence with DVCPRO HD footage place into it, thus scaled down and distorted to be letterbox with the full image displayed in the smaller screen space. If you change the sequence settings to DV Anamorphic, our footage will not be affected, but the sequence display will, so now we get what appears to be a letterboxed image inside a pilliarbox (because the DVCPRO HD footage is formatted to fit in the DV 4:3 canvas. To fix this, Take an original master DVCPRO HD clip from your browser (can be any clip…even the master clip of the same clip in your sequence), and drop it in your sequence in the timeline (with the now changed sequence settings). This clip will now scale/distort properly for your new settings. Copy the clip you just dropped into the sequence(command+C), then select the old clip in the timeline. “Remove Attributes” (command+option+V) and choose to remove the “Basic Motion” and “Distort” attributes. This will alter the clip to display at its native settings in the canvas/sequence. Then “Paste Attributes” on this clip (option+V) and paste “Basic Motion” and “Distort,” thus pasting the attributes from the new, correctly formatted clip onto the old clip. You can select, remove, and paste attributes from multiple clips at a time, just select all similar clips at once and you should be all set. NOTE HOWEVER, that this will affect any keys that have been placed in the “Basic Motion” and “Distort” parameters.

Hope this helps.

Ben

[Peter Wiggins]

[Ben Insler] “and there’s a quick fix for you.”

I went down the pub, thats what I call a quick fix.

Peter

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[Annaël Beauchemin]

You could have used the Paste Atributes function.

What FCp does when you put a clip that has “Anamorphic” checked is to change the aspect value in Motion -> Distort -> Aspect. Once it’s inside the timeline, unchecking the box won’t fix the aspect value, you need to change it yourself in the Motion tab.

Put the aspect to 0 (or -12.5 for square pixel source as far as I remember) on one picture. Then select it, copy it (command-c) then select every other pictures, right click -> Paste attributes -> check Distort and hit enter. Voil