[Colleen Fitzgerald]

Ok this is what I did, exactly

EXPORT – Quicktime Movie (not using compressor or quicktime conversion)
SETTING – CURRENT SETTING (not sure if I should have checked something more specific)
INCLUDE – AUDIO & VIDEO
MARKERS – NONE
I checked off self contained.

The QT looks fine. When I look at its properties, its still 720×480.

Then I created a new sequence. Hit Sequence Settings and set the sequence as follows…

FRAME SIZE: 640×360 (Custom 16:9)
NTSC-CCIR 601/DV(720×480)
FIELD DOMINANCE – LOWER (EVEN)
EDITING TIME BASE: 29.97
COMPRESOR DD/DVCPRO-NTSC QUALITY 100%
AUDIO – 48KHZ, 16-BIT, CHANNEL GROUPED

Then when i go to drop this self contained QT into the sequence, I get a message that reads:

“FOR BEST PERFORMANCE YOUR SEQUENCE AND EXTERNAL VIDEO SHOULD BE SET TO THE FORMAT OF THE CLIPS YOU ARE EDITING” “CHANGE SEQUENCE SETTINGS TO MATCH THE CLIP SETTINGS?”

If I press yes, the sequence goes back to being 720×480

And if I press no, the sequence settings stay at 640×360 but the QT appears with a large black border and needs to be rendered. I saw the border when I stepped through the video in an unrendered state. And I just finished rendering and the border is still there.

Im sure its not supppose to look this way.

I’m working with FCP version 6.0.1

I’ve been switching between a laptop and desktop to edit. Right now I’m trying to export on my
MAC OS X, VERSION 10.4.11 – Processor 2.1GHZ POWERPC G5 MEM 1GB DDR2 SDRAM.

But I also have been using my MacBook which is MAC OS X, VERSION 10.5.4 – Processor 2.4GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO MEM 2GB 667MHZ DDR2 SDRAM.

Thanks so much. Its been hours that im just trying to finish this up right! Very frustrating when you just dont know. So your help is much appreciated!

[Colleen Fitzgerald]

Ok this is what I did, exactly

EXPORT – Quicktime Movie (not using compressor or quicktime conversion)
SETTING – CURRENT SETTING (not sure if I should have checked something more specific)
INCLUDE – AUDIO & VIDEO
MARKERS – NONE
I checked off self contained.

The QT looks fine. When I look at its properties, its still 720×480.

Then I created a new sequence. Hit Sequence Settings and set the sequence as follows…

FRAME SIZE: 640×360
NTSC-CCIR 601/DV(720×480)
FIELD DOMINANCE – LOWER (EVEN)
EDITING TIME BASE: 29.97
COMPRESOR DD/DVCPRO-NTSC QUALITY 100%
AUDIO – 48KHZ, 16-BIT, CHANNEL GROUPED

Then when i go to drop this self contained QT into the sequence, I get a message that reads:

“FOR BEST PERFORMANCE YOUR SEQUENCE AND EXTERNAL VIDEO SHOULD BE SET TO THE FORMAT OF THE CLIPS YOU ARE EDITING” “CHANGE SEQUENCE SETTINGS TO MATCH THE CLIP SETTINGS?”

If I press yes, the sequence goes back to being 720×480

And if I press no, the sequence settings stay at 640×360 but the QT appears with a large black border and needs to be rendered. I saw the border when I stepped through the video in an unrendered state. Im rendering now but im sure the border will remain.

Im sure its not supppose to look this way.

I’ve been switching between a laptop and desktop to edit. Right now I’m trying to export on my
MAC OS X, VERSION 10.4.11 – Processor 2.1GHZ POWERPC G5 MEM 1GB DDR2 SDRAM.

But I also have been using my MacBook which is MAC OS X, VERSION 10.5.4 – Processor 2.4GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO MEM 2GB 667MHZ DDR2 SDRAM.

Thanks so much. Its been hours that im just trying to finish this up right! Very frustrating when you just dont know. So your help is much appreciated!

[Colleen Fitzgerald]

Hey Nicole,

So I finally got up to the output portion of my project and I tried to do what you said … export as a self contained …
I went to File, EXPORT – Quicktime Movie (not using compressor or quicktime conversion)
I used SETTING – CURRENT SETTING (should I have changed this and if so, to what? Custom?)
INCLUDE – AUDIO & VIDEO
MARKERS – NONE
And I checked off self contained. Now there is a black box around my footage in my new quicktime and the video looks like a bad tv signal with alot of horizontal lines appearing on the video (not sure if this is interlacing??)

Can you help me out?
Thanks,
Colleen

[Colleen Fitzgerald]

Thank you both!

Now I have a few followup questions …

Is it standard practice to find out the dimensions of your final product before you begin a sequence so that you start off with your sequence settings at the correct setting? In my case 640×360? Or would you always just start bigger and then do like what you both stated above (or is that just the fixer upper technique?)

Also, I need to now create some titles in photoshop. Do you think it would be best to just do this once I export and and make the new sequence 640 x 360? Or do it in my current sequence.

Also, if I make them for the 640×360 sequence … in photoshop should I use those same numbers when creating my title? Or are there some other magic numbers to use?

Thanks so much for the help!