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Letterboxing 4 sides
I received some footage from someone to edit. When I import it into final cut there are two types of footage. One is footage that is squished (those of which have anamorphic clicked in the item properties), and ones that are normal which do not have anamorphic clicked. I manually unclick those that are squished and the aspect ratio is magically fixed.
Now when I try exporting them I meet some problems. If I export the original normal footage (the ones in which anamorphic was originally not clicked) they turn out totally fine MOV files. Now the ones I had to manually unclick to unsquish, they are letterboxed all around. If I export a sequence with both types of footage I get the letterboxing also.
The files are 720×480 DV/DVCPRO – NTSC, NTSC – CCIR 601 pixel aspect ratio. I have tried all kinds of combinations of aspect ratios and dimensions in both the timeline settings and export settings. I can’t figured it out. Anybody have any suggestions?
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Do you have two types of media? Anamorphic and not anamorphic? Is it supposed to be anamorphic? You edit in whatever format the media actually is. Open it in the QT player and see what it says in movie inspector.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
In media inspector there are two types, First DV 720×480 (853×480) and the second is DV 720×480(640×480). As I stated in the first post, when I import it into Final Cut one set has anamorphic clicked in the item settings and the other set (the non squished and the fine export), is not clicked.
I’m guessing they where filmed in the same exact format but were captured (onto the individual’s computer) differently. I say this because some of the footage does have some overlap. So some of the videos are in both formats and only have proper aspect ratios in 720×480 (640×480) (nonanamorphic).
I’m sure there is a way to simple way, to fix it but it’s over my head.
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One set of media is widescreen anamorphic in 16:9 format and the other set of media is in 4:3. The 19:9 media should have the anamorphic flag checked on in the browser columns or in item properties. If you want to edit widescreen you make a DV anamorphic sequence. Edit your 16:9 media into it. If you edit the 4:3 media into it, these clips will appear pillarboxed.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
So is there no way of working with both video formats in one sequence and them having the same dimensions for the final export? When I export a sequence with both footage the aspect ratios they do conform but again its just letterboxed all around. Also in canvas it looks perfect.
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Please give exact item properties of your sequence. If you mix to formats with different aspect ratios they can’t fit into the same frame.
If your sequence is in the correct format there is mo reason there should be black all the way around the images.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
I figured out the problem. Thanks for the help.
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