Posted by Ty Ford on 01/11/38 11:50

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:09:33 -0400, Pat Horridge wrote
(in article <e6on7i$ge$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>):

>
> "Ty Ford" <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:deKdnZTzkO0uPhPZnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:45:23 -0400, Pat Horridge wrote
>> (in article <e6m1e7$391$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>):
>>
>>>
>>> "stereo guy" <paul@psaudio.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1150147658.802188.109280@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>>> My camera, the Canon XL2 is native 16:9 widescreen as you probably
>>>> know. Meaning, instead of the standard 720x480 and then use 1.2 wide
>>>> pixels to achieve the
>>>> 16:9 ratio as takes place in other cameras, its resolution is 869x480
>>>> with square pixels.
>>>>
>>>> I cannot find anywhere in Final Cut Studio Express that it can be
>>>> customized to work in this aspect ration. Everything I see suggests
>>>> 720x480. Do I need Final Cut Pro instead or am I just SOL? Or are
>>>> there better options for post production without sacraficing quality?
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any help I can get.
>>>>
>>> The camera may well be 16:9 at the CCD chip but the tape format only
>>> records
>>> 720X480
>>> The lines scanend from the CCD block are subsampled donw to 720 onto
>>> tape.
>>> Creating an anamorphic image on tape.
>>>
>>> When you capture you need to flag that the source is 16:9 (don't know how
>>> this is done in FCSE) it will then stretch it horizontally to come back
>>> to
>>> 16:9
>>>
>>> Don't feel cheated, even Digibetas work this way in 16:9 mode.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm, fascinating. Thanks for that. It may help to explain why after
>> editing
>> and looking good on the time line, my masters are vertically squished.
>>
>> I wonder if he hard drive I use to record directly is also formatized to
>> 720x480.
>>
>> So much to learn before I die..
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ty Ford
> The hard drive must be dealing with 720X480 as that is the DVspec.
>
> What do you mean the masters are vertically squished?
> it could be that the edit app is letter boxing the output by adding black
> bars top and bottom.
>
>

no letter boxing, everyone is slightly pinheaded.


Ty Ford


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