Creating DVDs in widescreen format with DVDSP
by Joanna8555
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Dec 23, 2006 at 5:46:37 am
I have FCP and DVDSP. My company has recently starting shooting footage in 16:9 format and providing masters on dvcam tape. It has been requested that we make the dvds in widescreen format also - absolutely no letterboxing. My questions are: What setting do I capture the footage in in FCP and when making the dvd in DVDSP? I could really use help.
Re: Creating DVDs in widescreen format with DVDSP by zrb123 on Dec 23, 2006 at 8:02:58 am
Choose from the list of easy setups the type of footage that you shot (if you shot DV NTSC Anamorphic choose DV NTSC Anamorphic, if you shot HDV 1080i60 choose to 1080i60 etc)
Then do your edit, and export using compressor.
When you get to DVD SP bring in your assets add them to tracks and in the track properties select 16:9
Re: Creating DVDs in widescreen format with DVDSP by sacci on Dec 23, 2006 at 2:13:35 pm
In FCP your timeline and your footage need to be anamorphic, if you capture the footage without this setting you can change it in the bin just be clicking the anamorphic field it the columns. This is one of the only things you can change after capture but you need to do it before you put it in your timeline.
When you get to compressor you need to make sure the aspect ratio is set to 16:9. Then when you put it in a track it should be set up as 16:9 Letterbox. Not 16:9 Pan and Scan or both, unless you have edited in a way that if the left and right are cropped off the full screen 4:3 image is still okay. The Letterbox or Pan and Scan after the 16:9 tells the DVD player how to handle a 16:9 track if it is hooked up to a 4:3 TV.
[Joanna8555]"absolutely no letterboxing" The only way to guarantee this is for you to get a guarantee from every viewer that they will only view it on a 16:9 TV. DVD players will automatically letterbox an anamorphic movie when hooked up to a 4:3 TV.
