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  • widescreen 16:9 help needed

    Posted by Ichiro on November 18, 2006 at 10:38 am

    hello,

    i am new to FCP and found this great place!

    this should be easy:
    3 minute project.

    v1 is tif image (still image) –i can make it whatever size i need to, right now it’s 854×480, but it could big bigger!

    v2 and v3 are very small .mov files that i lifted out of the Brushstroke theme form iDVD 6 (a widescreen theme.v2 and v3 are composited over the tiff and both are well within the borders of the tiff, in fact there simply a paint brush stroke across a small centered part of the image.

    this is all done and works and looks great!

    fyi, i have done this DVDSP (albeit a bit differently) and it it is full widescreen 16:9, SD.

    here’s the issue: it is letter boxed out of FCP. please someone tell me what settings i need to make and if my tiff is incorrect… i just don;t what is causing this.

    v2 and v3 are composited thusly: v2 is multiplied, v3 is travel-luma.

    HELP! i’m going nutz!

    ichiro

    Ben Holmes replied 19 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Ben Holmes

    November 18, 2006 at 8:39 pm

    You will need to specifiy:

    1) That the sequence is anamorphic – using the check box in the sequence settings

    and if this is correct:

    2) That the item properties for each layer are anamorphic (assuming they actually are) by selecting them and hitting Apple+9 and checking the anamorphic box.

    If the source material is not anamorhic 16:9 you will need to either zoom it to fit (using the motion > scale setting) or change the aspect ratio to fit.

    It sounds like you are trying to put 16:9 elements into a 4:3 sequence – so 1) should fix it, but you will need to start with a blank 16:9 sequence before you place the footage.

    Ben

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