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To export still frame from HDV
Hello!
I’m writting again because I didn’t see my post in the forum, so I’trying it one more time!
I’ve captured HDV native and it looks alright in Final Cut 5.1.4. But now, I want to export a still frame from one of my clips and it’s anamorphic! The image captured is 16:9 but the still frame shouldn’t have an anamorphic aspect.
What can I do?
Thank you for the help.
Renata -
7 Replies
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Yes it should, all HD cameras record anamorphic to tape.
Very few cameras record full raster.
Jeremy
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Renata,
I suggest taking the shots you want to extract stills from and dropping it into a new sequence that is set to HDTV Uncompressed 10 bit 422 (50i or 60i depending on your source footage)
You will see a render bar but I don’t think you need render anything as you are just extracting a still frame. As the sequence setting is for 1920 x 1080, you should be able to extract your still frame in the correct aspect ratio.
Make sure in your export settings that the pixel aspect is 1920 x 1080.
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I’d take the anamorphic still into photoshop and resize to 1920×1080 (instead of 1440×1080 or whatever it’s at now)
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Hi Jeremy,
I agree with you but do you know how I could export it not looking anamorphic?
Thanks for your help.
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Thanks everyone for your help but changing the sequence settings didn’t work either.
I still didn’t find a way to export it right. The solution is to keep trying diferent ways. -
The solution is the one you got, to change it to square pixel aspect ratio in a graphics application like Photoshop. You didn’t say but I’m guessing you’re working in 1080. You need to make it 1920×1080 and remove the interlacing while you’re at t.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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Photoshop is the best way.
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