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Kona2/Anamorphic workflow
This is the first time I am working with DVCam footage, shot as 16×9.
I’ve set my capture, and sequence settings to DV/Anamorphic. All works well within FCP. Video playback is set to 525i29.97(8bit 720×486) so I can see video on the broadcast monitor. By setting my monitor to 16×9, the video looks great. Output via firewire is 16×9
But, eventually, (after adding graphics, titles and supers) I’m going to want to re-render to an
8-bit uncompressed sequence and output via the Kona 2 to beta sp and maintain a letterboxed 16×9.
Is this possible? Are my workflow assumptions correct here?G5 2.5ghz DP, 2.5Gbyte RAM, FCP 5.0.2, OSX.4.1
QT7.01, Kona2 w/Kbox, Atto UL3D, Medea RTRX640, Huge MV 1.8Tbyte, Radeon 9800XT -
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[Scott Shucher] “I’m going to want to re-render to an
8-bit uncompressed sequence and output via the Kona 2 to beta sp and maintain a letterboxed 16×9.”What exactly do you mean by maintain a letterboxed 16:9? You’re working in anamorphic already, right? If your sequence is set up correctly, as it sounds it is, Final Cut will preview at the correct aspect ratio, but it’s still anamorphic.
If you want a true letterboxed version for SP, the simplest way is to nest your edit into a 4:3 timeline, open up the Motion Tab and change the aspect ratio (under the Distort tab) to -33.333. (for PAL at least, pretty sure the same for NTSC. Anyone?) I also like to open up Sequence Settings, and ensure that Motion Filtering Quality in the Video Processing tab is set to best.
Hope that helped,
Tom
Split Image
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When you put your sequence into the 4×3 timeline, usually you don’t have to mess with the aspect ratio, FCP should letterbox it for you and off you go to Beta.
Have a wonderful day.
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Now that I have my head clear, that all makes sense.
Thanks guys, Scott
G5 2.5ghz DP, 2.5Gbyte RAM, FCP 5.0.2, OSX.4.1
QT7.01, Kona2 w/Kbox, Atto UL3D, Medea RTRX640, Huge MV 1.8Tbyte, Radeon 9800XT
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