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viewing custom frame sizes
i’m editing a video that will be shown only on a webpage and i wanted to make it really wide, so i’ve got my FCP sequence at 1080 x 400. i like this aspect ratio, but i can’t view the rendered sequence. looking at my video playback options, this custom frame size, of course, doesn’t appear, so just wondering how i would view this. i know i could go back to a standard frame size and put a widescreen filter over the top, but that would render out with black bars at top and bottom, which i was trying to avoid. is it possilbe to do what i’m attempting…AND be able to view the rendered QT in FCP? my card is a Blackmagic DecklinkSP.
thanks again!
J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
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FCP _hates_ non-standard frame sizes. I’d work on a standard 1080 timeline, make a widescreen matte to guide where your cutoff would be, then export the 1080 timeline self contained, and crop/export in compressor or After Effect.
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FCP was created for editing stardardized broadcast video signals that conform to the standardized pixel dimensions and specs of video codecs and/or devices such as video tape, DVD, and display monitors. So, you cannot just select arbitrary pixel dimesions in FCP.
Once you edit your project to an existing video standard and export that you can then use any number of apps such as Motion, After Effects, or Compressor to create a custom non-standard version at any pixel dimension you wish.
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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Jinx! 🙂
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I’ve done this with the Animation Codec. You need speedy drives and expect dropped frames!
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
[Bill Dewald] “Jinx! :)”
I’m just glad we’re not gunfighters.
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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