Export letterboxed video without black bars

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bogatyr

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Does anyone know how to export letterboxed video in a 16:9 frame? I can only think of pasting a nested 4:3 sequence into an anamorphic sequence and scale it to fit the frame. But doesn't it loose sharpness because you are actually magnifying it to ~132% size?
thanks for your thoughts
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"Letterboxed" by definition means 16:9 image in a 4:3 frame. What you want is full frame 16:9. If your video is 16:9, then export it using 16:9 dimensions, like 1280x720, or HALF that, 640x360.
 
Your other options are to use the CROP and geometry tools available to you in Compressor.

I assume this is for web viewing?
CaptM
 
thanks guys, compressor worked fine, couldn't figure out a way to export 16:9 fullrez quicktime straight from FCP. will use compressor i guess.
it's a short that my friend shot on a PAL DVX, he might post it online at some point.
cheers
 
Just keep in mind that's not really full rez. You've cut a third of the video off a standard PAL video.

Not going to be much good anywhere other than the web. If it was shot letterbox then leave it letterbox. If your friend wants it for widescreen TVs he should have shot anamorphic. Nothing you can do about it now.

However - you could try resizing it... like you said, it will increase the DV codec garbage that you barely see == but he'll have to judge if it is good enough to hide his mistake with.

Good luck,

CaptM
 
CaptainMench said:
Not going to be much good anywhere other than the web. If it was shot letterbox then leave it letterbox. If your friend wants it for widescreen TVs he should have shot anamorphic.
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I think he'd want to make a dvd out of it, maybe send to some festivals. If I understood you correctly, you're saying that it's not going to have enough resolution to be shown on widescreen TV, so it will have to be viewed letterboxed on a 4by3 TV.
 
yeah leave it letterboxed. it could be viewed on a widescreen tv, it would just be pillard. I wouldn't cut down on the resolution if it's for festivals, you want them to see your film in it's best quality.
 
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