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Working with 1920×1440
I’m editing some video that has a ratio of 1920×1440 running at 24fps, the format is 10bit uncompressed. My sequence settings in finalcut are set to match every aspect of the source video, however, when I place the video files in the timeline I get black bars at the top and bottom of picture, and have to render the timeline, I can get rid of the black bars by changing the ratio in my sequence settings to custom and making it 1920×1280, but this is not acceptable because of the problems it causes during the edit. Does anyone have any advice? I’m still learning the program so I’m hoping for an easy fix. Thanks
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1920×1440 is a non-standard frame size. What is this for?
1080i is 1920×1080 and 720p is 1280×720. Some 1080i is anamorphic at 1440×1080, and some 720p anamorphic is 960×720. Where did you get the frame size you have? There isn’t a delivery format that supports that dimension.
If you want to edit without rendering, you will have to make a custom timeline to match the settings. I have a quick tutorial on how to do that at http://www.proapptips.com/shane NON-STANDARD FRAME RATES.
Shane
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Thanks so much for your info ^_^
However for some reason, even if I customize my Sequence Settings to match my source files, I still get the black bars. I triple check the sequence settings, they are 1920×1440, and when I right click on a clip in the sequence and check it’s item properties, it says 1920×1440…
The client in question has requested me to output the final edit as a 1920×1440 uncompressed quicktime file, this is so that he can have a master file that is intended to be viewed on a computer monitor, as well as be output to any tape format. I should mention that the original video is (Flash vector animation) and can be output from Flash at any size without loss of quality.
Thanks again for any help
Steven
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You may be able to edit this stuff if you first convert it to 2k film resolution (which is 2048 x 1556) using After Effects, Compressor, or even Quicktime Pro. The aspect ratio is different, so it will be distorted (stretched) during the editing phase if you can live with that. Then when you are finished editing, convert the final piece back to 1920×1440.
I haven’t worked with 2k on Final Cut, but I did notice that the latest Blackmagic Design drivers added 2k Easy Setups. This suggests that FCP now supports 2k.
Sean
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