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FCP Anamorphic nd Me. A story of aspect ratios.
We recently shot a project in HD with an anamorphic lens. Which gives us a 16:9 image. We framed everything for 2.35:1 because we’re going for a Das Boot kinda look. What’s the best way to output our video so that the quicktime file maintains the 2.35:1 aspect ratio rather than a 16:9 ratio with letterboxing?
any help is greatly appreciated!
josh forbes
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I think te best way to do it is to export FCP project into Compressor and encode to h.264 QT 7 file with the crop function enabled. You can do it just by reducing the red frame in the preview window or by entering croping values in one of the compression settings tabs. Then you have to enter the propper resizing values for 2.35 ratio (The most popular size is 640×272 pixels, but if you want HD resolution, you have to search google or just download some HD trailer and check ;-).).
H.264 takes some time but you will be pleased with the quallity.
Remember to crop your movie very carefully. Don’t leave black lines from letterboxing cause they’ll spoil the quality on the edges of your video and they take a lot of bit rate.
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Is Compressor part of FCP? You’ll have to forgive me. I’m a director working with a lazy editor, so I’m trying to learn an entire skill set in like a week.
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