wow - my brain hurts! Seriously though, thanks... I'll check into this stuff, and see what I can figure out. That's why I love this group - a bunch of helpful cool people!
David King davidleeking.com - blog davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, I forgot that FCE limits the resolutions you can define in > Sequence settings to just standard DV and HD options, doesn't it? No > custom resolutions, no web-friendly options. Sigh. Another feature- > rich application for web video from Apple. > > I'm not sure exactly what FCE offers you, but I'd recommend choosing > a setting that doesn't distort or crop your clips. If you choose > 720x480 DV NTSC sequence, it's the wrong Aspect Ratio, so your > 1280x720 will scale down to 720x405: filling the frame horizontally, > but leaving you 37 pixels of empty space at the bottom and the top of > your 480 frame. When you then try to export to 640x360, this might > end up letterboxed and squeezed again - in fact, this might be the > problem you're having now. > > It may be that - because FCE doesn't support your Aspect Ratio or > frame size - the best option would be to choose DV PAL Anamorphic. > This IS the right Aspect Ratio - 1024x576, which is exactly 80% of > your 1280x720 resolution on both axes. BUT the sequence has an > anamorphic stretch on it - so it can cause problems with the export, > exporting a squeezed image if you're not careful. Custom export > settings or iPod export should see you through OK. Just make sure > none of your clips are marked as Anamorphic, and that their Distort > setting is 0. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > > On 9-Jul-08, at 3:54 PM, Rupert wrote: > > If I were you, I'd export using the Export to iPod setting and see > what you get. It's very good at understanding what is needed, > letterboxing or not. Chances are, it'll do it right - but if not, if > your video still comes out looking wrong, then it may well be that > you've got the Distort settings screwed up in the Motion panel in > Final Cut. > > Distort should be set to 0 - but if you've imported something into an > Anamorphic sequence, or anything is different between your sequence > settings and your clip resolution, then Final Cut might have > distorted it to make it look OK, to squeeze it in. This will screw > you up in the Export. > > Best thing to do if this is the case: create a New Sequence with > exactly the same Aspect Ratio as your clips, then copy & paste your > edited clips from old wrong sequence to new correct sequence, then > change the Distort settings on all those clips to 0. Instead of > having to do this manually on each clip, the quickest way to do this > is to change the setting on one clip, then Edit>copy that clip, then > click off it, highlight all the rest and go to Edit > Paste > Attributes, selecting only 'Distort' - that will paste the Distort > settings from one clip onto all the others. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 9-Jul-08, at 3:33 PM, David King wrote: > > I did another test (haven't published it anywhere). This time, I did > everything I mentioned below, but did NOT check the letterbox box. After > exporting, the mp4 video is stretched, and has the black letterbox > lines top > and bottom. > > Is 640x360 not a standard size or something? > > David King > davidleeking.com - blog > davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<bhinton%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > That would have given you a letterboxed image in a 640 x 480 frame - > > but I just opened the clip in quicktime and it's 640 x 360, not 640 x > > 480. > > > > Personally, I would export it as 640 x 360 - just as you did - but > > don't turn letterboxing on. That should give you a widescreen box > > filled with a widescreen image. > > > > Brook > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM, David King > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <davidleeking%40gmail.com><davidleeking% > 40gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > ok... I used the Sanyo Xacti HD1A. The source video was > 1280X720, 30 fps > > mp4 > > > video. I edited in FCE, then chose export using quicktime > compression, > > and > > > did this: > > > > > > - under format, chose mpeg-4 and clicked options > > > - chose mp4 under file format > > > - chose h.264 under video format > > > - did the 640x480 image size (chose custom) > > > - clicked the preserve aspect ratio using letterbox checkbox > > > > > > My ultimate goal is to get the video onto my blog and my iphone. > > > > > > Am I doing this right? > > > > > > David King > > > davidleeking.com - blog > > > davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Brook Hinton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <bhinton%40gmail.com><bhinton%40gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > >> 640x360 IS 16:9. It doesn't need to be letterboxed. It will be a > > >> widescreen frame. The additional pillarbox in this file is > probably > > >> there because fitting a 16:9 frame inside a LETTERBOX inside > another > > >> 16:9 frame makes it smaller on all sides. > > >> > > >> But to know EXACTLY what happened we need to know: > > >> > > >> Is the source sequence or file 16:9? or 4:3 with a letterboxed > image? > > >> Or something else? And what format? > > >> > > >> Letterboxing is only used if you are trying to fit a 16:9 image > in a > > >> 4:3 frame while preserving the full image (e.g., putting an > anamorphic > > >> DV source inside a standard 4:3 image). > > >> > > >> Brook > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________________ > > >> Brook Hinton > > >> film/video/audio art > > >> www.brookhinton.com > > >> studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > >> > > >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________________ > > Brook Hinton > > film/video/audio art > > www.brookhinton.com > > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
