Contest Delivery Requirements

24p/Anamorphic

24p/Anamorphic

If I shot letterbox how do I make the anamorphic part of the film requirement?

I just don't want my film to be stretched out or squished because of my ignorance on the subject.

Any Final Cut people who cam write me a quick note?

Thanks,

Kip
 
Jarred Land said:
oh and as for the deadline. Jan 31st is a soft deadline. The FTP will be open for a few days until everyone gets thier file downloaded. Im not a nazi and dont do the "if its not in by 12:01am your DQ'd". This is a festival for the community by the community so things are pretty loose... we wont hate you if your a day late.
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Thanks Jarred , Still doing some final editing and just found out may have to do a very small shot tomorrow .

I also must work 3 , 12 hr shits , Mon>Wed ..not much time I'm afraid .

Ian
 
Just finished uploading my submission. How'd it work Jarred? I will be uploading the DVD version in a few days. Still need to finish a credit roll, etc. at the end.
 
I put a widescreen matt of 1.66 on my 4:3 footage, would that work or do I need to change it to another aspect ratio?
 
Jarred, I have a doubt. My movie is in spanish and subtitled in english. Do I put the titles INTO the movie or as optional DVD subtitles?

Thanks,
Pablo
 
bena said:
I put a widescreen matt of 1.66 on my 4:3 footage, would that work or do I need to change it to another aspect ratio?
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I'm in the same boat....you need to change the aspect ratio as well.

In FCP you change the ratio to 16x9 and then you crop the output of Compressor. This will yeild a "squished" movie with no bars.


As I understand it...when the film is batch processed for viewing it will stretch it out, that's where the anamorphic part kicks in, and your filll will look as you shot it - just no bars.

A quick test in a DVD authoring program will show you what I mean.

If I'm off base, please someone let ue/us know.

Kip
 
Pablo, you're going to want to put the titles INTO the movie, at least if you want the majority of the audience to know what's going on for the festival/judging part.

As for the DVD, I don't know if Jarred's going to want to put that much work into the authoring, as he'd have to add those seperate tracks, etc. into the authoring section ... but that's his call.
 
Thanks, Norm
I have more problems. My DVX is the PAL version, so it records at 25p instead of 24p. I'm trying to downconvert the frame rate in FCP, but it appears to simply drop the 25th frame, putting a little cut every second. I don't like that. Is there any way to fix this? Can I send it 25p?
Thanks
Pablo
 
Hmm, I dont know that I can remove the widescreen bars, I sent my FCP project to a friend to render out the effects with filters I don't own.

I think its WAY to late in the game for things like this to not have been known and published. I guess mine won't be anamorphic...
 
actually, in that post it says "either squeezed or letterboxed" and includes no information on the file exported file.

that, or i'm blind. possibly blind.
 
There is a misunderstanding here about the aspect ratio and delivery format.

The thing is that 16:9 applies both to a format and to an image aspect ratio.

BUT (i think) the dvxusers guys want a 16:9 mpeg2 format video, which obviously makes the video to have an aspect ratio of 16:9 or more (2:1 or 2:40).
 
macgregor said:
There is a misunderstanding here about the aspect ratio and delivery format.

The thing is that 16:9 applies both to a format and to an image aspect ratio.

BUT (i think) the dvxusers guys want a 16:9 mpeg2 format video, which obviously makes the video to have an aspect ratio of 16:9 or more (2:1 or 2:40).
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Yes, you are right, it is a 16:9 mpeg2 file that is needed. The method to do this is very simple, it just requires a bit of research for each individual, and I think they can take the time to figure it out.
 
Right on. It doesn't, but for the sake of making sure, I'm encoding it as a 16x9 file anyhow... but I hope those who are already on the wire have the option of sending it in as a 4X3 since the sticky doesn't mention the finished format.

Or... I'm blind. Still a possibility.

Hope no one is running into any walls. Very excited about seeing everyone's :)
 
Briceman... not for nothin, but I've been reading about this stuff for like 48 hours straight. EVERY method I've tried introduces significant quality loss. Maybe Avid does a stupendous job for you, but I don't HAVE Avid.

It's a little offensive to act as though we're stupid if we can't figure this out. I have read too much about aspect ratios and encoding in the last two days and even called a friend of a friend in the video production business. NO ONE but you has said there is no quality loss.

If someone want to explain the steps to actually get this done without ending up with pixelated or soft edges, I'm certainly open to hear it.
 
EditPhish said:
Briceman... not for nothin, but I've been reading about this stuff for like 48 hours straight. EVERY method I've tried introduces significant quality loss. Maybe Avid does a stupendous job for you, but I don't HAVE Avid.

It's a little offensive to act as though we're stupid if we can't figure this out. I have read too much about aspect ratios and encoding in the last two days and even called a friend of a friend in the video production business. NO ONE but you has said there is no quality loss.

If someone want to explain the steps to actually get this done without ending up with pixelated or soft edges, I'm certainly open to hear it.
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Hey, I'm really sorry if I was offensive, I don't mean to be, and I understand about researching it. I spent a few months trying and eventually just forgot about it, then when faced with it again, I asked someone more knowledgable than I in export/compression. Also, when compressing an MPEG2 you will always lose quality from your original file. It's the nature of compression. But, like I said before, I have never been able to obtain a better resolution than the method I've posted that was given to me by krestofre. Best of luck to you. :thumbsup: My advice would be to find someone who is proficint in FC and pick their brain on compression.
 
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