Stephan Walfridsson
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[Josh Evans] “Can DVD studio pro format a DVD so it will play on 16:9 TVs, or play in a letterbox on a 4:3 TV??”
If you have set up the DVD studio project to be 16:9 you don’t have to worry about this. If the DVD player is set up correctly it will automatically letterbox 16:9 content to fit a 4:3 TV. You can simulate this in DVD Studio by selecting a 4:3 Display Mode in the simulator window.
[Josh Evans] “If I DO need to resize my 16:9 HDV image to 4:3, what is the best way to do this?
I tried changing the sequence settings, but if I change the frame size of the sequence, it doesnt give me a 4:3 canvas, it just shrinks the resolution I think of my 16:9 images, but it remains in widescreen format.”
Create a new sequence with the correct 4:3 settings and drag your 16:9 sequence into the new seq. FCP will automatically downscale your 16:9 sequence to fit the entire width of the 16:9 images, letterboxing your video. If you don’t want it to be letterboxed you have to scale the image up to fill the entire height of the 4:3 image, but this will clip the sides off from for video (aka. ‘pan and scan’).
If your clients are happy the way things have been delivered so far then everything seems to be fine. But if you want to make sure, ask them. You might create a problem where there were none, but at least you give them the option to decide.
/Stephan
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Hey Stu,
You may already know this but please bare with us as we are trying to give you suggestions to help you with your problem.
What they are trying to tell you is that FCP autosaves your project to a different location than where the project is stored. The exact location is defined under System Settings -> Autosave Vault. In that folder you should be able to find the backup files.
If you have set your Autosave Vault folder to be stored on your raid or turned the autosave function off you’re most likely in trouble. But you have learnt a valuable and unfortunately expensive lesson. Always make sure that you enable autosave and keep your Autosave Vault in a different location (preferably a different drive) than the rest of the project!
I sincerely hope that you find the files you need and manage to restore your project.
/Stephan
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Hi Dena,
If the 105% speed-up of the audio almost works then it seems that the audio is 24fps (which would need a 104.1666667% speed-up).
But it’s difficult to give any good advice without knowing more about what you are really doing.
Are you syncing to timecode or handsyncing to a slate?
Was it shot on HDCAM or is it transfered from film? If it was transfered from film it might have been shot at 24fps, but transfered at 25fps. In which case you need to convert the footage to 24fps using the Conform 25 to 24 option in the Tools menu. But don’t do that unless you’re sure…
/Stephan
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[Hunter Stevens] “I can’t add anything other than footage to tracks in FCP right?”
What you have to do in FCP is to nest the two clips with the push transition, creating a sub timeline, and add the blur effect onto the new nested clip. The “Nest Item(s)” option in the Sequence menu does this for you.
It’s similar to the Step In/Out feature in Avid where you build effects using deeper levels of timelines. Like in the keyer where you have the matte on one track och foreground and background on the other tracks.
Unfortunately this does make it more complicated if you need to trim the incoming or outgoing shot or would like to replace them. And it also creates tons of tiny sequences in the browser.
I sure wish they could implement an easier way to add effects to tracks or across clips/transitions.
/Stephan
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Great!
Thank you for confirming it. I had alredy seen the tech specs, but my reseller claimed that the eclipse was the only model capable of handling 2k. I guess it’s just a misunderstanding from the fact that the old Pro version didn’t support 2k (or maybe they just want to sell me the more expensive model…)
/Stephan