HD footage, DV timeline - How to convert to HD?

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andrew00

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Hey, this is probably simple but is confusing me.

In FCP I have a seq I was planning on using some DV footage for, but found some nice HD footage (XD CAM EX) to use instead.

However, since I've already imported the DV footage the Seq is set to DV settings.

I thought it'd be simple to change, just go to the Seq settings and change to HD, or even an XD cam preset.

But when I do the footage seems to go all small, i.e. it's like it's treating all footage as DV and now it barely fits the frame as it's treating it as lower res DV.

Can someone please let me know how I can tell FCP that, hello, this footage is XDCAM EX and not DV and to stop being annoying and give me my full frame 1080P lovely!

Thank you kindly!
 
Go into one clip- reset the motion tab's distort and scale settings and/or adjust them until the frame is proper. Then copy that clip, select the rest of the timeline with Apple-A and go Edit>Paste Attributes, Basic Motion, Scale and Distort. Everything should look proper now.

Noah
 
Easier way is just to select all the DV clips, hit remove attributes, check basic motion and distort. It will snap to full frame.
 
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