[David Cerqueiro]

Thanks for the help! All of you. Is like light is shining over my computer now.

[David Cerqueiro]

Thanks Andrew.

[Andrew Wilson] “You should set your sequence to match the settings coming out of after effects which is 1920×1080 square pixels. “

So I thought that was the first thing I tried to do and it didn’t work. Now I tried it again and of course it works. Maybe I clumsily chose the wrong PAR or something the first time…

Now, this means there’s no need for me to do the whole anamorphic pixel shifting to 1440×1080 right? I just match my sequence to the original footage and export also that way?

And when would I need to use this HD anamorphic way of editing? What is the practical application of it?

Also, I am working with some footage trimmed down to half of its size (to 960×540 sqr. pixel) to light the weight for FCP, just to use it as a reference for some audio adjustments. Later on I plan on importing the original 1920×1080 footage. The thing is I didn’t know the size of this smaller file at first cause the person who gave it to me didn’t tell me. So, I dropped it in my FCP sequence set at 1440×1080 with its right HD 1440×1080 PAR. (Now I know I’m changing the whole thing back to 1920×1080 sqr. But I just would like to understand)

My question is: Even though its a smaller size, why does it look alright at 1440×1080? It seems to fill the whole canvas with no distortion. This got me all confused now.

I truly appreciate your time on this. Thanks!

[David Cerqueiro]

Hi Bret,

What do you mean with “press the load sequence preset button”? I’m not sure I follow what you mean. Also, for outputting 1920×1080 shouldn’t I work with a timeline in 1440×1080 with its HDV PAR? (i just learnt with the previous reply to this thread I shouldn’t select anamorphic and square pixel)

I chose Photo Jpeg only because once I was required some footage for a film fest in this compression, and I think it looks fairly ok. What’s so wrong about it? Which one do you recommend for HD?

Thanks a lot for answering!

[David Cerqueiro]

Thanks a lot! I’m not an editor so I struggle a lot when Im forced to deal with FCP. I’m starting to get a hang of the whole PAR…

I appreciate it!