Exporting 2.35:1
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Joshua Provost
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Usually you export 2.35:1 as 16:9 with letterbox. Otherwise, there isn't a way to distribute 2.35:1 material. SD DVD only supports 4:3 and 16:9. HD DVD formats I'm not sure but probably 16:9 only. What do you intend to do with it?
GroovyBrent
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My thought is that once you're done editing, you could create a timeline with a custom pixel aspect ratio, drop your 16x9 timeline into the new 2.35:1 timeline, and then output that timeline.
Under Audio/Video Settings, duplicate the "Sequence Preset" that most closely matches your goal, change the "Aspect Ratio" pull down to "custom" and type in the appropriate pixel size for your final output.
The more I think about your question, the more I think you have a real problem though. By choosing to output in 2.35:1, you're going to have to make some sort of decision that is going to be less than ideal. Since you shot in 16x9 (1.78:1), either you will wind up with black bars left and right (if I'm thinking about this correctly, you won't be letterboxed, you'll have black bars left and right), or you will have to blow up the 1.78:1 content and loose the top and bottom of your image.
Good luck!
Under Audio/Video Settings, duplicate the "Sequence Preset" that most closely matches your goal, change the "Aspect Ratio" pull down to "custom" and type in the appropriate pixel size for your final output.
The more I think about your question, the more I think you have a real problem though. By choosing to output in 2.35:1, you're going to have to make some sort of decision that is going to be less than ideal. Since you shot in 16x9 (1.78:1), either you will wind up with black bars left and right (if I'm thinking about this correctly, you won't be letterboxed, you'll have black bars left and right), or you will have to blow up the 1.78:1 content and loose the top and bottom of your image.
Good luck!
GroovyBrent
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ajs473 said:
Sorry... I missed that portion of your question!
My brain may be warped so you will want to run a test, but I think you need to protect the top and bottom of your frame when shooting, if your final output is 2.35:1. Shoot some tests to see how much of the frame you need to protect (I'm sure there is an actual formula that you could employ if you felt like doing the math).
If we need to protect for a certain aspect ratio, and we don't have the equipment that shows us that aspect ratio, we'll use thin strips of gaffer's tape on the monitor to show where our borders need to be.
As always, good luck!
thanks for the response. what i had in mind was much simpler though. basically i was going to hook up the hvx to my computer, output some some footage with the final cut 2.35 matte on it and use that to tape my viewfinder and the monitor as well. then i would shoot using these framelines, import into a 16:9 timeline and edit in 16:9 but with the fcp 2.35 matte on the footage so essentially i have a letterbox 2.35 frame in a 16:9 timeline which will be ample for 2.35 because im only outputting to internet video (h.264) not tv or any projection. i really just wanted to get rid of the letterbox bars by somehow cropping the matte off when i export so i just get pure 2.35 frame because it will save me some file size and just look better. any suggestions? know any compression software that can crop?
GroovyBrent
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That makes sense.
I believe just about any of the dedicated compression software will handle cropping of an output. I know Apple's Compressor and Autodesk's Cleaner both do. Cleaner for the Mac is a little long in the tooth, but Compressor works great, and if you have Final Cut Studio, you have compressor.
I believe just about any of the dedicated compression software will handle cropping of an output. I know Apple's Compressor and Autodesk's Cleaner both do. Cleaner for the Mac is a little long in the tooth, but Compressor works great, and if you have Final Cut Studio, you have compressor.