thanks for the tip Steve. We tried that with no luck, but it was late so we're going to revisit it in case the problem was between the chair and the screen. :-)
it's moving between motion and fcp that trips us up. rox On 5/28/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- 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
