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Mixing 1440 clips in 1920 FCP timeline
I have a couple of camera ops bringing back footage. They are all 1920×1080 except one is HDV 1440×1080.
I want to put them all in the same FCP sequence. I plan on using the AppleProRes422 codec setting, with square pixels.
Now when I put the 1440 clip in the 1920 timeline, will the image be distorted?
Do I need to adjust the aspect ratio on the 1440 clip?
The image looked a little stretched when I did a test, or were my eyes deceiving me?What I think my workflow should be is to adjust the 1440 clip’s aspect ration, basically squeezing it by like 12% or so. Then I have to scale up the 1440 image by 10% to compensate for the black borders.
Is that the proper workflow?
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You shouldn’t have to do anything. When you edit 1440 x1080 into a 1920 x 1080 timeline, FCP does the distort and scaling automatically. It stretches the 1440 out to 1920 and leaves the vertical @ 1080.
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Michael is correct, however, if you cut and paste the HDV material from an HDV seq into the full raster seq, you may have to remove or reset the distort attribute in those clips.
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The clip comes in ok, and though it was shot in 1440, it does come in at 1920.
My issue, if there even is an issue, is that the timeline I’m working in has square pixels.
The 1440 video I’m importing has stretched pixels 1.33 ratio.So my question is will the 1440 video need to have it’s image compressed a little bit since the pixels are wider than normal HDTV square?
My thought is that I have to adjust the aspect ratio in the Motion tab in FCP by about -10-12%. -
[Greg Koronowicz] “So my question is will the 1440 video need to have it’s image compressed a little bit since the pixels are wider than normal HDTV square? My thought is that I have to adjust the aspect ratio in the Motion tab in FCP by about -10-12%.”
Negatory on that… It’s all automatic. That’s why you pay Apple the big bucks.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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[Greg Koronowicz] “So my question is will the 1440 video need to have it’s image compressed a little bit since the pixels are wider than normal HDTV square? My thought is that I have to adjust the aspect ratio in the Motion tab in FCP by about -10-12%.”
It’s actually the opposite. The pixel are squeezed (anamorphic) and need to be stretched. As David and I have said, FCP usually does this for you so unless it is displaying as a squeezed or stretched image, you don’t have to manually adjust the distort tab.
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