Log and Transfer Help

[Joe Calabrese]

Hey all,

I'm trying to import some footage I shot with the Canon HG20, a consumer HD camcorder that records AVCHD to a hard drive. I used the cinema mode (24p) at 24mbps. (and just so u know, just because its in cinema mode, it DOES NOT stretch the image to mock "cinemascope" aspect ratio. I though it might have done that, but now i believe its an FCP setting)

I hook the camera up via USB (it's only connection which kinda sucks), and transcode the footage to Apple ProRess 422 (HQ). When I open a clip in the browser, its all stretched out from 16:9 to 2.35:1. (In the Log and Transfer preview, it looks normal, which is kinda weird) I looked at the clip settings, and FCP believes that the footage should be something like 2546x1080 instead of 1920x1080. I checked all my A/V settings. Capture preset is HDV 1080i, sequence preset is Apple ProRes (HQ) 422. I'm using FCP 6 by the way.

Anyone know how to fix this? My idea was to edit it this way and manually export it as 1920x1080.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Joe Calabrese]

If it were anamorphic, it would not be square pixels, but still 1920x1080. Its transferring it to like 2546x1080, making it that aspect ration with square pixels.

The capture preset shouldn't matter because I'm transferring from the camera's hard drive, and the data about the clip (like resolution) should be stored as well in the clip so FCP knows that its a 1920x1080 ACVHD clip. I will check the anamorphic flag. Also, just another note about the clips, if i control click on a clip, the third thing from the bottom on that list (it's like clip settings or clip information, i forgot), I'm not allowed to open it. A message pops up saying there's no settings for me to change.

Thanks.