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URGENT need help
I am trying to output a last min 4:3 version of a 16:9 project. I am using compressor. I am sending a H.264 quicktime file. I put a letter box on it and output with a 720 x 480 setting but the footage is still squeezed a little it isn’t terrible but it isn’t good either. What do I do to get the letter box to look good while still having a 4:3 frame? I can’t seem to get any settings right and this has to be done immediately. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
David
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[David Neidert] “I put a letter box on it and output with a 720 x 480 setting but the footage is still squeezed a little”
How exactly did you do that? To help you we must know what did if you want us to correct it…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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I brought the footage into compressor straight from FCP. I choose the quicktime present, added a letter box filter and then in the geometry tab changed the dimensions of the frame to 720 x 480. Sorry I wasn’t clearer to begin with.
Thanks,
David
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Also… Its squeezed horizontally not vertically. It seems like it is not completely scaling it into the letter box.
David
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If it’s a 16×9 Sd project, you simply being in the movie, and in the gemotery tab add padding (they have presets for 16×9) or simply change the output frame size to something 16×9 such as 640×360.
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I do this all the time and I’m suddenly encountering a slight vertcal squeeze.
I definitely don’t think you need the filter BTW in addition to changing th easpect ratio in the geometry tab.
I’m still trying to see what’s cooking…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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I dropped the filter and I added a custom padding of about 50 on the top and bottom. It eliminates most of the issue I think. Post if you can figure out the problem. It is a subtle difference but still somewhat noticeable. It isn’t terrible on b-roll WS but interviews you can definitely tell.
Let me know
David
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In the encoder tab:
Crop to: Custom (with zeros in all four places)
Frame size: 720×480
Pixel Aspect: Default for size
Padding: 16×9 1/78:1 (should be 60 top and 60 bottom)
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Yuck!!! Sorry to step on your toes big fella…
I had my head so buried in that problem I didn’t see your post. Its was really confounding me, because it seems my SOP with Compressor was suddenly not working as expected.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Oh dude. No worries at all. I was beginning to think that no one could hear me.
It’s okay, I’m used to it.
Jeremy
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Geometry Tab? Where’s that? You mean the MOTION tab right? 😉
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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