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HDV Aspect ratio in Final Cut Pro – problem exporting
Hello,
I am cutting a project on HDV, the footage is 720p24. My footage is cutting onto the timeline perfectly fine, no rendering needed, BUT I have black bars on both sides of the frame – which are in the canvas window, so they’re not actually on the frame.
I edited the video like this but I am trying to make full res quicktimes for the color correction, and every time I export – even if I export “current settings”, the image comes out stretched on the top and bottom ni a 4:3 frame.
Any thoughts on how I am supposed to approach this?
Thanks!
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8 Replies
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This footage is anamorphic…stretched. This is normal….nothing to adjust. External monitors that view this typically have 16:9 switches that unsqueeze it.
Shane
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Thank you!
So – does that mean I should export the footage stretched like this and then receive it back stretched and put it on the timeline again – stretched – with either the sequence settings set to anamorphic or the monitor anamorphic switch on?
When I export a dailies shot just for a test, it doesn’t come out stretched, though. Strange!
If I may bug you with one more question – how should I approach mastering this, in terms of the aspect ratio?
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Well, why are you exporting it? Who is color correcting it? How? How will you be mastering this? To what format?
What workflow are you intending to finish this?
Shane
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The DP is coloring. I am planning on mastering it through the hdv deck back to hdv, and also to a dvcam tape. Do you know if it will master stretched or the correct aspect ratio?
Ah, this is confusing to me… I’ve cut a bunch of films on 35, and three on HD, but HDV confuses me!
Thanks very much for your help.
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[davidjaku] “Do you know if it will master stretched or the correct aspect ratio?”
Shot stretched, outputs back to HDV stretched.
HDV is the most complex form of HDV…and the lowest form…there is. It is a BEAR to work with.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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[davidjaku] “I am trying to make full res quicktimes for the color correction”
Please look at my above post for viewing anamorphic QTs correctly. Anamorphic footage IS 4:3, FCP just flags it to play 16:9 in the canvas. So, if you re-import those QT’s into other software for CC, you should be able to flag it again as 16:9.
It’s not a problem for you – as long as your QTs are full frame (ie no black bars in the frame) you can work fine with them. Just make sure that when you reimport them into FCP you flag them as anamorphic in FCP. Hate HDV – if you have the HDV player and a Kona HD card, import the footage as DVCProHD next time – looks better, edits better.
Ben
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Thank you very much,
But – there are black bars on the sides! I have no idea how to get rid of them. I try and I try…. -
Put one of your clips in the timeline and park your playhead cursor on it. Double click on it to load it into the Viewer. In the Motion Tab, click the Distort option. Adjust the Aspect Ratio until your bars are gone.
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