Stop stretching of 16:9 footage on a 4:3 TV???

[Jeremy Garchow]

One way is to select a clip into the viewer, hit the motion tab, twirl down the distort options, and set the aspect to -33.

Is your footage 4:3 true anamorphic, or is it digital anamorphic ie from a dv camera such as a pd 150?

i did this very same process today with 4:3 anamorphic footage (downconverted from HD).

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[Chris Poisson]

Andrew,

You also can nest your 16×9 sequence into a 4×3 sequence and it will automatically letterbox it. Read this:

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/understanding_16_9.html

[Byrd Mcdonald]

A tangent question about 16.9

I just cut a 16.9 show for a client that has previously been skittish about the format. We only convinced the client to shoot and post in 16.9 because the video will be playing at a convention that has wide screen plasma monitors as playback.

My question is how to handle the fact that, while the premiere venue for the video will be a 16.9 monitor (and thus, I will lay off my show as an anamorphic show that will play right on a 16.9 plasma, how do I handle a lay off for the rest of the clients needs, i.e. DVD dubs of the video. Do I simply lay off both shows on the master, labeling them “anamorphic” and “letterbox?”

Strangely confussed about how NOT to make this difficult for the client.

Byrd