Brian Pitt
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I use MPEG streamclip and have had great results.
Brian
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If you want to convert 4×3 footage into 16×9, you have 2 options. You can crop off the top and bottom, or you can stretch it. There is no way to keep all of your information and convert it to 16×9 without distorting it.
Brian
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That’s a good point…what are your sequence settings? And are you mixing the stills with video? If so, what type of video?
Brian
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Maybe a silly question, but have you rendered your timeline?
I used to have this problem with stills, but it wast because I didn’t render. What color is the bar over the clips in your timeline?
Brian
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Ah-HA! thanks!
Brian
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I just use prores 422. It’s a time saver.
Brian
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Have you ever captured your HDV footage as prores? It’s a much smoother workflow. I’d look into it if I were you… Much less rendering and better colorspace.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/capture_hdv_prores_fw_balis.html
Brian
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No worries. I spent a good day in your shoes. That’s how I know the answer! 🙂
Brian
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I’m guessing that your deck is set to down-convert.
Go to your deck press menu>i link set>HDV to DV conv>off
See if that was the problem.
Brian
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Rather than sending back to Final Cut, try this:
Do what you have to do in Motion and then save the project with a new name. Once you’ve done that, go back into Final Cut and import the Motion project. From there…just drop it on the timeline and render. See if that works. If you need to make changes at that point, right click on the asset in the timeline and select “open in editor”
Brian