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upres proble- squeezed vs letter box
by Amy Yan on Dec 23, 2007 at 12:53:41 pm

I'm using FCP 4.5 for the footage I shot with sony HDV V1U.

I digitized the footage with DV to offlineRT JPEG setting first. When I was done, I recaptured the necessary clips with DVNTSC 48Khz setting. As I reconnected the media, some clips were squeezed while other aren't (got letter box) in one sequence. Why? I need all the clips to have the letterbox instead of being squeezed.

All the tapes are shot in the same format and I set the camera to export the image with the letter box.

Any advice would be appreciated.




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Re: upres proble- squeezed vs letter box
by David Roth Weiss on Dec 23, 2007 at 4:16:04 pm

Check the clips to see if "distort" in the motion tab is set to something other than "0." If so, highlight them all and perform a "remove attributes"--"distort" on all clips. If that's not it, then you possibly made a mistake during the recapture.

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Re: upres proble- squeezed vs letter box
by Amy Yan on Dec 23, 2007 at 7:46:27 pm

Thanks. I was able to solve the problem with your advice.

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Re: upres proble- squeezed vs letter box
by David McGiffert on Dec 24, 2007 at 8:02:34 am

Wow David,

nice one...



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Re: upres proble- squeezed vs letter box
by David Roth Weiss on Dec 24, 2007 at 5:54:35 pm

[David McGiffert] "Wow David, nice one..."

Thanks David. Thats a pretty well known FCP "wrinkle," and certainly one to store away in your memory banks.

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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Re: upres proble- squeezed vs letter box
by David Roth Weiss on Dec 24, 2007 at 5:51:28 pm

Glad to know it worked for you.

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™


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