Aspect Ratio

I performed an experiment to figure out what setting to capture some DV footage. It was shot on a Canon HX A1 in DV mode and looks letterboxed in my camera/deck. I captured the same segment with both regular DV-NTSC & amamorphic DV-NTSC set-ups. Both clips look the same in the timeline. Which setting do I use? My delivery will be a 16:9 DVD.

> I captured the same segment with both regular DV-NTSC & anamorphic DV-NTSC set-ups.
> Both clips look the same in the timeline.

That's not possible. I think you're missing a setting somewhere.

Besides, it's not necessary to capture the clip twice. Read up on anamorphic 16:9 here:

[www.lafcpug.org]

> Which setting do I use? My delivery will be a 16:9 DVD.

If you didn't shoot anamorphic 16:9, then you shouldn't make a 16:9 DVD because it would necessitate a blow-up of over 125 per cent on your footage.


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Thank you Derek!
One last question. For a project like mine which was shot 16:9 and will be delivered as such on DVD is it redundant to Compressor the movie file with a "widescreen" setting?

Derek

Thanks for the link, that is great information with great visual examples to follow!

Treatment

Hey Derek - did this ever get made into a FAQ or tutorial? It would be great in the FAQ - maybe under 'Understanding anamorphic 16:9 in FCP" or something. Then we could all point to it easily.

> Hey Derek - did this ever get made into a FAQ or tutorial? It would be great in the FAQ - maybe
> under 'Understanding anamorphic 16:9 in FCP" or something. Then we could all point to it
> easily.

Yes, I really should get off my butt and do this. I just wrote it up in the FAQ -- feel free to look it over and make corrections or suggestions. Mike, is there any other place I can stick the screencap instructions? Also, they're a bit big, so I've put them in as links, not image URLs. What do you think?


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