Lauren:
So let me understand? You have a 4:3 delivery of 16:9 footage (which
shows bars on top and bottom) and within it there is 4:3 footage being
stretched to 16:9?
OK, basically it's like this...They need to go into the motion tab (of
the clip) in FCP and change the dimensions of the 4:3 footage itself
to make it look "pillar bars" in the 16:9 frame. First they should
check to see, if for some reason, the 4:3 footage had the option of
"anamorphic" checked in the browser by accident. Sometimes this
happens and un-checking this is the answer for it. Otherwise they will
have to manually change the dimensions in the motion tab of the clip
itself!
I added a 4:3 clip into my 16:9 timeline and made that issue happen
and here's what I got...
"Anamorphic" (in Browser) checked
The clips motion tab settings are:
Basic Motion
Scale is 112.5%
Distort
Upper Left -320 -240
Upper Right -320 -240
Lower Right -320 -240
Lower Left -320 -240
Aspect Ratio -12.5
Within a 16:9 project the 4:3 clip settings SHOULD be:
"Anamorphic" (in Browser) UN-checked
The clips motion tab settings are:
Basic Motion
Scale is 100%
Distort
Upper Left -320 -240
Upper Right -320 -240
Lower Right -320 -240
Lower Left -320 -240
Aspect Ratio -18.52
With this you should still have a 16:9 deliver on 4:3 (letterboxed)
and your 4:3 footage within the 16:9 frame should be "Pillar Boxed."
Please let me know if you didn't understand this. I can address this
in a live session of my newsletter!
That one was free...
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--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Lauren Galanter"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> At work today one of our shows was delivered but the video is distorted.
> They did send it as 640x480, but it's letterboxed and the video *within*
> that is streched (too wide--like how video looks with square pixels at
> 720x480). Almost a double-letterboxing effect.
>
> I need to figure out what they did wrong to produce this (using FCP)
so I
> can tell them how to export it correctly. Unfortunately I don't know
what it
> was shot in, but I think it was on a pd 150.
>
> I'm kind of at a loss and would appreciate any help. If you think
you might
> know I can send you a screen grab privately.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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>
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