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Nick Natteau
July 18, 2011 at 7:29 pm in reply to: upconverting to 720p, aspect ratio question

Thanks Shane will do. Just spoke to AJA Tech Support and they also advised against the 4:3 to anamorphic change. Also NoahK on the DVXuser’s FCP7 forum advised me to definitely change aspect ratio. From what everyone’s saying it sounds like it will cause me a lot of problems when it comes to distribution channels in the long run.

I’ll take your advice and upconvert using Pillarbox 4:3 and then zoom in manually as needed.

Thanks for your feedback.
Nick Natteau
July 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm in reply to: upconverting to 720p, aspect ratio question

Hi Shane,

I meant is it ok for broadcast or distribution purposes for 4:3 SD footage to be flattened horizontally a little (via the Anamorphic upscale) when upconverting from 4:3 SD to to 16:9 HD?

If I were doing it in FCP 7 for example, I would simply twiddle open the Distort tab and type “33.33” in the Aspect Ratio field to change the 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9.

I know it can be done, but broadcast wise / distribution wise, is it legit? Or do the rules say that aspect ratios must never be changed? That you can upscale and zoom in, but not distort 4:3 to get a 16:9 look.

Just like luma or audio must never be too hot for broadcast, is it the case that aspect ratios must not be distorted as well?
Nick Natteau
July 17, 2011 at 5:40 pm in reply to: upconverting to 720p, aspect ratio question

Hi Shane,

Sorry my mistake I meant to ask if it’s ok to go Anamorphic (not zoom wide) when upconverting from SD to HD.
Nick Natteau
July 11, 2011 at 11:59 pm in reply to: FCP X: Keywords vs. Favorites???

But can’t you do the same thing with Keywords also?

I believe you can set in and out points with Keywords. So aren’t Keywords also like subclips as well?
Nick Natteau
July 9, 2011 at 2:56 pm in reply to: FCP X’s sluggish responsiveness: related to lack of Lion???

Hello everyone,

I forgot to mention that I’m running FCP X on a 2008 2. x 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon with 8 GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive that’s 70% free, and an ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card, so it doesn’t seem to me like my specs are that bad, but I may be wrong. Please corect me if I am.
Nick Natteau
July 9, 2011 at 2:55 am in reply to: FCP X’s sluggish responsiveness: related to lack of Lion???

I think at this stage I’m willing to try anything regarding FCP X. I’m editing a 4 minute video, Apple Pro Pres 720p59.94, and FCP X has crashed 7 times in one hour performing simple cut edits. I just sent Apple feedback regarding this issue. Those FCP X updates can’t come a minute too soon.
Nick Natteau
July 9, 2011 at 12:23 am in reply to: Simple title takes forever to render in FCP X…stumped

Hi Greg,

Thanks for our help. No it was set to “on” but I discovered that a simple restart of FCP X solved the problem. Thanks all the same.
Nick Natteau
July 6, 2011 at 5:23 am in reply to: Moving through Timeline Index is painfully slow, why?

Thanks very much Craig, will try that.
Nick Natteau
July 6, 2011 at 5:21 am in reply to: Moving through Timeline Index is painfully slow, why?

My hard drive is also 7200 RPM not 5400, and i only have two layesr, not multiple layers of many effects.

Thanks for your help though.
Nick Natteau
July 6, 2011 at 5:16 am in reply to: Moving through Timeline Index is painfully slow, why?

I have a MacPro 2.93 Quadcore Intel Duo, not a Macmini.
I am using optimized media, not H264.
There is no background rendering.
My hard drive is not 95% full, I have a 1 Terabyte hard drive that only 30% full. 700gb free
I have 8GB of RAM

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