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used wrong aspect ratio to upconvert with AJA LHi card, can I fix it with Distort tab in FCP7???
After upconverting a bunch of WWII stock footage delivered to me on NTSC mini-DV tapes, I realize that I used the wrong aspect ratio to up convert. In my Kona LHi AJA menu I should have selected Pillarbox 4:3. Instead it was set to Anamorphic.
So my question: Do I have to offline everything and re up convert using “Pillarbox 4:3”?
Or is it exactly the same if I simply go into my FCP7 Motion-Distort tab, and select “33.33” for the aspect ratio, thereby giving me the 4:3 pillarbox aspect ratio???
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
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[Nicholas Natteau] “is it exactly the same if I simply go into my FCP7 Motion-Distort tab, and select “33.33” for the aspect ratio, thereby giving me the 4:3 pillarbox aspect ratio???”
No, it’s not “exactly” the same, but you will not be able to discern the difference, so it’s “effectively” the same.
David Roth Weiss
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So need to re up convert then. Thanks David, you just saved me hours of work!
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Glad to help Nicholas…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comDon’t miss my new tutorial: Prepare for a seamless transition to FCP X and OS X Lion
https://library.creativecow.net/weiss_roth_david/FCP-10-MAC-Lion/1POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums.
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