[Jay Beech]

Well, I ended up changing the frame size and cropping the HD clip (from Capture Scratch folder) in Compressor and outputting as a .mov. That finally worked. I’m afraid I just didn’t have any luck with your method, Chris. Maybe that would have been a better way to do it, but I need to get this done.

Thanks for trying to help, though.

[Jay Beech]

Might it be significant that the video playback setting is listed as…

[Missing] Apple FireWire NTSC (720 x 480)

?

[Jay Beech]

I guess I may not understand what you’re telling me to do. I’ve created a new sequence in my existing project and I’m attempting to use the clips as they exist already in the Browser. They’ve been renamed and have in and out points set. Dragging them onto the “Insert” overlay of the Canvas does not prompt any format or settings dialog for FCP to “match.”

Plus, aren’t Multiclips created by selecting 2 or more clips in the Browser? If I bring clips into a new sequence (onto the canvas or timeline), I don’t have the option of making multiclips, do I?

Maybe you were suggesting that I should create a new project rather than just a new sequence?

Sorry to be such a problem child.

[Jay Beech]

OK, thanks. Back into the studio tomorrow afternoon to try your recommendations. Much appreciated!

[Jay Beech]

Thanks so much for your response, Chris!

Camera 2 is not widescreen-capable. I was thinking that 720×480 should have also displayed as slightly letterboxed in a 4:3 Viewer window. Not so?

Delivery will be both web plus DVD for archiving.

Don’t need HD.

Are you saying that I can take the camera 2 clip(s) as originally captured and drop into a new sequence – I don’t need to recapture? By the way, all of the files in my “captured” (or whatever it’s called) folder are .mov. Want to make sure that I imported them correctly to begin with.

How do I resize the HD files (within FCP?) so that I can create a multiclip with the DV clip?

Thanks again!