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Working for 16:9 or widescreen projects problem
Hello, I need some urgent help, so if anyone can help me I’ll really apreciate it. I’ working on a motion graphics project that has to be inserted on a final cut pro project. This project is a documentary shooted with widescreen format or 16:9. (I really don’t know if widescreen and 16:9 is the same) and the motion grhaphics sequences need to be also at 16:9. I have never work motion graphics on 16:9 format so I looked in the AE help manual. The manual says that for working on a project in 16:9 format the composition settings need to be on the DV-NTSC widescreen preset (The Documentary is shooted in DV-NTSC format with the 16:9 aspect ratio). I have changed the settings to DV-NTSC widescreen preste like the manual said, but when I Import the rendered movie to Final Cut, into the 16:9 project the image appears cropped on the left and right edges, so the movie does not feet into the 16:9 format. What do I have to do to set the motion graphics project correctly into the FCP 16:9 project? I have also changed the pixel aspect ratio of al the Square Pixels Images that I have used in After Efftects to DV-NTSC widescreen…. thanks, I hope I make myself clear.
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Hey if in fact you are working with an NTSC Widescreen project, you’ll need to use the Ntsc Widescreen preset, basically 720 x 480 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2. you’ll want to use the pixel aspect view corrector in the composition to see the images properly.
Now when you import your footage make sure that it is set to 1.2 pixel aspect ratio in the interpret footage settings. This should work if your footage is ntsc widescreen 16:9. make all your layers with this par too.
remember ntsc is only 720×480 so full screen and widscreen is basically a change from .9 pixel aspect or a 1.2 pixel aspect.
I hope this helps.
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[Andrew Kramer] “Now when you import your footage make sure that it is set to 1.2 pixel aspect ratio in the interpret footage settings. This should work if your footage is ntsc widescreen 16:9. make all your layers with this par too.”
Thanks for th answer but when you say this, you refer to the moment of importing the the movie into FCP? because in FCP I don
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Maybe try exporting a high quality quicktime movie instead, like photo jpg 95 percent or something. also there should be a way to set the clip properties in fpc, I just can’t remember.
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Ohh, Now I understand what you had told me, You mean when I import the footage to AE to work for, But the funny thing is that I have changed the interpret footage setting of All layers in AE to a pixel aspect ratio of DV NTSC widescreen 720×480 (1,2) And I
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FCP should have a checkmark “anamorphic” that you can set in the item properties of an imported clip, this will take care of the correct pixel aspect ratio.
I’ve only worked with FCP 4.5 on Pal projects, so I hope my info is still up to speed, otherwise, look it up in the manual, or ask on the Final Cut Cow
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Yes, that
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