Im not sure how much help I can be as I work in PAL and I dont have final cut, but Ive got Motion, so I'll give it a go:
Open your motion project select 'project properties' from the edit menu change the pixel aspect ratio to 'NTSC D1/DV Anamorphic' save your motion project and then see what happens when you load it into final cut Let us know how you get on :) Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Roxanne Darling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Needing help with Motion and Final Cut Pro integration. > > We've created a full screen Motion graphic. Originally created it at > the default 720x480 NTSC DV format. It contains background graphics, > text, and motion graphics. > > In Final Cut we imported our DV widescreen video clips which also have > a 720x480 format. > The exported video will be 640x360. > > If we import the Motion .motn file into FCP, it's a different "size" > than the FCP clips. If we resize the original Motion file to 640x360 > and import into FCP it's too small and pixelates when we scale it up. > > We know if has something to do with the anamorphic nature of the 16:9 > format. But the 4 FCP and Motion books we have only talk about lower > third titles and 4:3 aspect vid clips. > > Many searches on Google only turned up tutorials on how to send video > clips from FCP to Motion, not how to properly size and format Motion > for use in FCP 16:9 projects. > > We asked a couple of people that use FCP but no one uses Motion? > > Any help or a point to a tutorial would be greatly appreciated. > > Aloha and Mahalo, > > Rox and Shane > > -- > Roxanne Darling > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > 808-384-5554 > http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > http://www.beachwalks.tv > http://www.barefeetshop.com > http://www.barefeetstudios.com >
