[Christopher Rios]

hi jeff,

sorry if i wasnt clear. i mean when i drag clips from the project library (left hand side window) into the sequence timeline, the 1280 x 720 clip doesnt fill the program window (right hand side) whereas the clip at 1440 x 1080 does fill it perfectly and looks very good.

jon barrie from the pro forum suggested this:

“Are you having issues with the frame dimension of 1080 not filling the edge of the 720 timeline?

That is corrected with a right click on the clips in the timeline and selecting “scale to frame”.

This function can be switched on in preferences general to automatically apply to imported clips after the setting has been activated in prefs.”

i havent tried this yet because im at work. hope this explains it a bit better.

thank you

chris

[Christopher Rios]

hi jon,

thank you for taking the time to respond 🙂

im pretty sure thats the issue im having – cant wait to try your suggestion when i finish work.

thanks again

chris

[Christopher Rios]

hi john!

if i had ten heads and wore ten hats, i would tip them all to you!! i exported a self contained version of my movie and a non-self contained version. i then used toast to burn an autoplay disc and played them on my dvd player and oooold crt tv. BOOM! the resolution was perfetto on both versions.. i did get some cropping of images but i had ticked 4:3 not widescreen so my next test run i will try 16:9 and im sure that will work.

thank you for your time and effort helping me.

best,

chris rios

[Christopher Rios]

hi john,

good news – the settings you provided have made a massive difference in the quality of the quicktime movie i am exporting to my desktop. still seems to be a little jagged but like you said this may not be a true representation of the finished product. i am in the process of making a test dvd so i can play it on my tv. unfortunately i have just moved house and only have an old sony crt tv and no dvds anywhere but i will pick some up tomorrow to burn the project and test it.

hopefully in the end i will have a presentation that will play in perfect quality no matter what display/tv/dvd etc it is shown on.

i will let you know how it turns out tomorrow.

cheers

chris

[Christopher Rios]

hi john,

thank you very much for your time and advice.

im using a PPC G5 dual 1.8ghz. i have 3gb ram not 1gb as previously stated but thats not the issue. im editing and viewing the footage on my computer monitor – a 22in widescreen LG flatron. also, im using FCP 5.0.1

when you say change the codecs that i use in my timeline, do you mean highlight the project/timeline and then go sequence>settings>quicktime video settings> ? i assumed thats what you meant and i went ahead and changed it to DVCPRO50 NTSC with frame rate of 29.97fps,interlaced and aspect ratio of 4:3. when i go back to sequence>settings> menu i currently have frame size 320 x 240 (media large 4:3) and pixel aspect ratio “HD 1280 x 1080, field dominance lower (even)”.

i havent tried exporting yet, i wanted to check which export you mean. im guessing you mean “quicktime movie” and select “current settings” which i assume means the above settings that i just changed in the sequence settings?

by the way, i was green with envy when i saw your signature line…. you have some very impressive equipment!!

thanks again

chris