Imported footage size

[Pdr]

Hi Dan

Are you talking about the scale of the clips as they appear in the Viewer and the Canvas?
If so, this is not the clip’s scaled size, but rather the sizing of the window to best suit your available screen real estate.

You can play around a little with the window borders if you prefer to work at 100%.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Peter

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[Dan Forgione]

no i am refering to the actual size/ scale of the clip in the viewer…. if i click on the motions tab in the viewer, the clips scale says 98.77 and not 100.

dan

[Pdr]

Hi Dan

Thanks for the clarification. Wow, that sounds very strange.

What settings did you import the footage at? eg. DV PAL, DV NTSC etc.
Do the settings for your sequence match exactly those of the sequence?

Let’s see if we can work this out!

Regards
Peter

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PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 GHz, 4GB, Mac OS X 10.4
FCP HD 4.5, Motion 1.01, DVD SP 4

[Walter Biscardi]

[dan] ”
How come when you import footage into FCP, its scale is be default 98% rather than 100%?
Is there a way to change this default?”

Sounds like your Sequence Settings don’t match your Capture Settings. That is, the footage you’re bringing into your sequence is larger than the sequence settings. FCP will always automatically scale oversized footage down to fit into the sequence frame.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Dan Forgione]

You know what….now that I think about it. The footage is imported from After effects in which I export at 720 x 486…and I think, for some reason FCP is only at 720 x 480…..

Is that why?

Dan

[Walter Biscardi]

[dan] “The footage is imported from After effects in which I export at 720 x 486…and I think, for some reason FCP is only at 720 x 480…..”

Yep, that’s why your footage is scaled down to 98%. If you’re working with DV originated footage, you should stay in the 720×480 frame size in After Effects.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
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Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

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[Dan Forgione]

Thanks…..dont know why i never realized that before… is there any benefit to one over the other ( 480 and 486)?

All the best

Dan

[Gunner Jones]

[dan] “You know what….now that I think about it. The footage is imported from After effects in which I export at 720 x 486…and I think, for some reason FCP is only at 720 x 480…..
“

480 is DV and 486 is the 601 frame size for SD. BTW, FCP does more than DV, so FCP can handle any frame size, including 720 x 486, it just wouldn’t be a DV size sequence. You should export out of AE at 720 x 480 when working with DV footage. Use the Animation codec to preserve an alpha channel, use the DV codec if you don’t need alpha.