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Letterbox Help
I am editing a Sundance short film and I am just about done. The film was shot in 720p at 16:9, but the committee wants the piece in standard NTSC so they can watch it on their regular TV. My question is how do put the short in that letterbox look that is seen in all those DVD movies nowadays. Preserving the look and not cutting the picture is important to the director (those director’s, right?). I figure I need to make a sequence at the proper resolution but everything that I try always seems to distort the image. If anyone knows the steps that I need to take I would really appreciate it. As always thanks for your time.
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Nest your video into a 4×3 DV sequence.
Option double click the nest from the time line to open it in the viewer.
Click the motion tab in the viewer.
Twirl open the distort paremeters.
Set Aspect Ratio to -33.
This sequence is ready to send to DV tape or DVD letterboxed, NOT anamorphic. The difference is an important one. This will look like 16×9 on monitors set to view 4×3 – the top and bottom pixels are black.
If you want anamorphic, which will display on newer sets in widescreen mode, don’t bother with the distortion parameter. FCP automatically squishes the image for you.
If none of this make a bit of sense read this…
https://www.helerab.fi/widescreen/index.html
Best,
Tom
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Thanks alot Tom, your a saint!
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