Maintain aspect ratio on export

[Richard Harrington]

First.. don’t worry about the line.. instead apply a matte or mask in your Timeline to the image

Second its not 4:3 its 720 by 480
4:3 has a pixel aspect ratio of .9 and displays at 640 X 480 on appropriate device when you set the flag

16:9 has a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2 and displays at 860 X 480 on appropriate device when you set the flag

DO NOT SCALE THE VIDEO

[Lucian Evans]

Hi Richard

firstly thanks for the advice. I dont have a problem in actually getting rid of the line what i have a problem with is exporting the cut into an uncompressed quicktime whilst maintaining the aspect ratio. The edit in the timeline is 16:9 but when exported to a self contained quicktime it ends up 720 by 480.

Lucian

[Richard Harrington]

Which is EXACTLY what it is supposed to be

You can either
1. Add it to a DVD and set the track to 16:9
2. Modify the Video track properties in QT pro to simulate the 860 X 480 display size
3. Run it through a compression tool and set it to 860 X 480 or a derivative

Video is 720 X 480 for DV regardless is it is 16:9 or 4:3

The Aspect ratio correction must either be applies by software or hardware
You are viewing the native size

[Lucian Evans]

currently i have a 16:9 edit in my timeline, once exported and placed on a DVD i have this annoying line. I want to export an uncompressed self contained film and then re import into a timeline as a single 16:9 movie not an edit with a thousand shots as now. Once i have a self contained film in the timeline i can add a mask. currently i would have to add a mask to each individual shot. The problem is that at the moment when i export to quicktime it changes the film into a 4:3 image. When i re import that image into my 16:9 timeline it remains 4:3.

[Richard Harrington]

Scroll to the right and check the anamorphic column in the bin

[Lucian Evans]

its full of ticks

[Richard Harrington]

If the clip is marked as anamorphic (for waht you imported) and you add it to an anamorphic sewuence… then you wouldn’t be having these problems

[Lucian Evans]

The footage was shot anamorphic, placed in an anamorphic sequence and marked as anamorphic.

Not sure you’re understanding what i’m saying but thanks anyway.

[Tanya Schneider]

Hi Lucien
I am having this problem at the moment. I am currently dealing with this by changing the display in QT, but was wondering if you found a better solution?