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Low rezolution Exports in FCP
Hellow fellow Heffers!
I’d like some advise on exporting low rez QT from FCP that will maintain the correct aspect ratio, and a relatively nice quality.
My current project is 1440×1080 @ 25fps
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Hi Huffy,
The footage your working with uses a non-square pixel aspect ratio. Unlike FCP Quicktime player will not handle a non-square pixel. So the key to getting the aspect ratio to appear correct is to convert it to a square pixel aspect ratio.
Your 1440×1080 footage in square pixels works out to 1920×1080. If you want to make it smaller than that you can choose from any proportional size like 1280×720, 960×540, 640×360 ect.
H.264 is a good choice for a codec if your not intending to edit these low-rez versions.
At 640×360 you could get away with some pretty small rates. I would start at about 600-700kbps and move up from there until your happy with the picture vs size. At 960×540 I would start at around 1200kbps
-Andy George
Senior Editor
http://www.chiselindustries.com
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