[Rafael Amador]

So forget about what the Finder tells you.
The Finder is not a pro video app.
FC and AE yes.
The Finder and QT will tell you the on screen size, no the real resolution.
rafael

[Rafael Amador]

Is not the sequence pixels aspect what you have to change, but the clips pixels aspect.

[Theo Hall] “the other shows what happens when i try to import the footage”
Are you trying to import the original libx264 clips, or the converted Prores?
FC won’t accept the Libx264 even if QT can read them.
Import the Prores version.
rafael

[Rafael Amador]

The picture is 1440×1080 so is HD pixels. No Squared pixels.
Import to FC and make sure in the Browser “Pixels Aspect” column shows HD 1440×1080.
rafael

[Rafael Amador]

If its looks distorted, might be because the footage is not Squared Pixels.
Open it in MPGStreamclip and have a look to the specs (Cmd-I : Show clip Info).
Anyway, you should download and install Peria, which allows to open most of no-QT stuff in QT.
Another thing you can try, is to add the “.mov” extension to the file. Is possible that QT will open it.
rafael

[Rafael Amador]

Are you making Multipass and “Frame Control ON” with Best settings?
If you are doing a plain transcoding (no resizing, fields managing, time-base changes),
try directly with QT.
No advantage with Compressor.
rafael

[Rafael Amador]

You are right.
The article is about VIDEO.
The FC.7 VideoScope is OK for RGB graphics, but not for video.

Also, the signal is showing FCPX Parade, is not the same he is showing on his own scope.
FCPX Parade Is showing a perfectly Broadcast signal with 100% Luma.
Where is the SuperWhites bars (Luma=109%)?

Parades, are not graded to show absolute RGB values, but Broadcast legal RGB values.
100% on a PARADE doesn’t means 100% R, G or B (255).
100% on a PARADE marks the legal White so R, G or B = 235.
Rafael

[Rafael Amador]

I’m with you Jeremy.
There is something that I don’t like here.
First I don’t like the Gray Scale.
Up to Photoshop and up to the Mac Digital Color meter, values are wrong.
– 0 IRE should be 16.
– 50 % should be 128
– White should be 235

Then his scope and FC scope (don’t know PP) are using different unities.
As you point, the FC’s VideoScope is in RGB (so no IRE.)
The signal is being crunched down.
Is impossible that the bars levels fall at the targets lines.
rafael

[Rafael Amador]

The link doesn’t works.
Rafael

[Rafael Amador]

[Russ Carlin] “Am i right in thinking that i should shoot 50fps (PAL) and then slow the video down 50%? (i’m happy with 50% motion)”
Better, shoot p50 and conform (CinemaTools) to p25.
You get a perfect 50% slow down and without reprocessing the picture.
Just a click.
rafael

[Rafael Amador]

[Milton Ginsberg] “Video Tracks:
Apple ProRes 422, 1280 × 720, 29.97 fps, 61.45 Mbps

Audio Tracks:
16-bit Big Endian stereo, 48 kHz, 1.54 Mbps”
That seems OK.

[Milton Ginsberg] “(no problem fcpx, but if i make an .mov in fcpx and import into fcp7
still won’t read audio???)”
The only way to know it, is to try.
Export a short clip and see what hapens.
rafael