Aspect Ratio Confusion
by Steve Price
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Aug 11, 2008 at 7:35:54 pm
How do I export my timeline to a widescreen movie?
A rather basic and obvious question I know...but I'm finding it very confusing.
I digitise my 16:9 rushes, I make my sequence anamorphic, I export using QuickTime Conversion (LAN/Intranet), I tick the box that says 'preserve aspect ratio' and what happens? It makes me a Full Height Anamorphic (squashed up) movie.
So, I try the same thing again, without ticking the 'preserve aspect ratio' - and the same thing happens again.
Either I'm doing something wrong or Apple have overlooked this quite basic and essential requirement. I think it's the former...
Re: Aspect Ratio Confusion by Tom Wolsky on Aug 11, 2008 at 7:48:30 pm
http://www.fcpbook.com/Video8.html
All the best,
Tom
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Re: Aspect Ratio Confusion by Michael Sacci on Aug 11, 2008 at 8:14:16 pm
In the geometry tab change the Frame size drop down menu to Custom 16:9. this will make the conversion to square pixels for you. This should be only done when you are making a movie that will not go back into an editing program.
Re: Aspect Ratio Confusion by Anthony Dalesandro on Aug 12, 2008 at 4:29:11 pm
Steve,
It depends on what your final output is. For burning to a DVD, the squished anamorphic file is correct. In DVD SP when you place the QT file on a track it will probably auto-recognize that the clip is anamorphic and un-squish it, but if not, you select the display preference in the Track:General:Display Mode tab.
For a playable Quicktime file I use Compressor from FCP and in the settings there you can specify the display aspect ratio under the Geometry tab.
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