turning off border

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Tom
turning off border
August 07, 2005 09:26AM
Been a while since I've been on my FCP4 ... I'm loading clips into timeline and they all have a border on them and it needs to be rendered. I don't want it! What have I done here? I can't find the off button in any window. And NO, the original clip does not have it! Thanks!

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Jude Cotter
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 09:40AM
Have you got the footage or the timeline set to anamorphic? Check in the browser for a tick in the anamorphic column.

If the footage is 16:9, both the sequence and the clip should have the anamorphic setting checked. If its 4:3, both should be unchecked.

If none of this makes sense, try setting up a new sequence and see if that helps.
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derekmok
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 10:23AM
Tom, describe the "border". What colour is it? On which side of the clips?

If it *is* because of a wrong 16:9 setting as Jude suggests, your footage would be stretched height-wise, distorted.

Did you perhaps set your capture settings to 640x480 for DV? DV should be captured 720x480.
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spaceman
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 12:07PM
Check in the "Filters" menu on the top of the viewer and make sure you don't have borders set up. If so, uncheck it for each clip.
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Tom
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 12:11PM
Thanks guys ... it's not an anamorphic problem. And I set up a new sequence and it still does it. It's a black border all the way around in the Canvas window but NOT in the viewer window. It's like there's some setting I can't find that's putting a border on everything.
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spaceman
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 12:26PM
Also check the scale (size in the canvas), your cips may be a bit small to fill the entire frame so you need to scale them up a bit.
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derekmok
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 12:45PM
Check your captured frame size -- select a clip and press APPLE-9 to check your capture settings. Now check your Sequence Settings (APPLE-0). Most likely the Sequence is a larger frame size than your clip. Scaling up the clips won't get rid of the problem -- you'll need to set the Sequence Settings exactly the same as your clip settings if you don't want to render.
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Tom
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 01:01PM
sorry guys - thanks for help. Just can't figure it out ... 2 1/2 hours of pure frustration ... guess it's back to good 'ol iMovie!
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Jay Beeson
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 02:23PM
Maybe canvas window is set to smaller than-- Fit to Window--
--to change--button at top left of canvas window-
select -- Fit to window at top of list--Jay--
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Nick Meyers
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 05:07PM
it's a setting problem.

put the clips, and the sequnce in a new bin.
open it up all the way.
go along each column, checking for differences between clip and sequence.
you'll find it

nick

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Tom
Re: turning off border
August 07, 2005 09:42PM
Nick,

Thank you - thank you THANK YOU!! Great trouble shooting idea!!!!!! Got it working - no borders. Want my first born?? Actually, I think we'll keep him ... but you got first dibs on the next one ...

Tom
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Nick Meyers
Re: turning off border
August 08, 2005 05:19PM
aw, shuks, keep 'em all!
curious, what WAS the issue?

nick
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