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Format Clarification For A Newbie
Hello
Tried asking a pro but couldn’t get an answer to my problem so I’m hoping someone with patience for a newcomer could help.
I’m using a Canon XHA-1 and shooting setting is DV30F. My Easy Setup in Final cut is DV NTSC 720×480. When I import the video into Final Cut, the size is 640×480 and it looks correct. When I export using Quicktime (current settings) the file is back to 720×480 and looks stretched. If I resize using Quicktime Conversion to 640×480, the output looks correct. Am I banging my head against the wall thinking that the final should be 720×480 without the stretching effect or is the 640×480 proportion correct?
Thank you much.
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2 Replies
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640×480 is the computer square pixel equivalent to NTSC’s non-square pixel. So the question is where are you seeing that your footage is 640×480?
You should be capturing footage as 720×480 (sd widescreen or 4:3 are both 720×480 just the aspect ratio of the pixel is different .9 vs 1.2) when you view the footage in QT player it will display as 640×480 for 4:30 or 640×360 for 16:9)
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That little definition was extremely helpful. Thank you. Already have finished some tests.
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