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how to edge crop 16:9 when outputting to DVD
hi all, im a media100 HD user and its very easy to downconvert HD to letterbox and edge crop. im not familiar of this process in FCP/compressor. I have a timeline that is 16:9 but shot 4:3 safe. i want to create a DVD that has the edges cropped out so it is fullscreen. I know about the pan/scan trick in DVDSP, but ive had mixed results with people’s DVD players being set incorrectly. id like to eliminate this possiblility altogether and just do it in FCP or compressor or DVDSP. and pleasse dont tell me the only way to do it is to drop the footage into a 4:3 sequence.. thats just bush league. thanks
bobby
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3 Replies
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Why not in FCP?
just make a custom mpeg-2 setting in compressor with a 4:3 crop, also make sure to account for D1 pixels.
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[CharlieX2] “just make a custom mpeg-2 setting in compressor with a 4:3 crop, also make sure to account for D1 pixels.”
how do i do that?
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put your HD in compressor, select any mpeg-2 setting that you fancy, go into the preview window and pull the crop tools edges from the sides in. that’ll crop off the sides when it processes the SD. i’m too busy to do the math, but some quick calculations should give you the exact amount of pixels to crop to turn 1280 or 1920 pixels into 720 for SD.
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