Super 35 - to - digiBeta - to which Quicktime settings?

Toaster

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Hey guys ...

I've got some footage that I need to export from FCP (6.0.1) as a QT file. I'm not quite sure what my settings should be. I've tried a few including a custom, but all exports are slightly-to-very stretched (width-wise).

I started with:
- super 35 film,
- had it converted to digibeta,
- and then had digibeta converted to uncompressed 8-bit Quicktime.

The Quicktime file's info is:
- 720x486
- 29.97 fps
- Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2

Any ideas what the ideal export settings should be for QT file?

Thanks in advance...
K
 
Well, All three actually. But I'm going to assume that there are very similar setting (meaning size / type) for each. For example, I'm editing in a sequence that has the following settings:

FS - 720 x 486 [matches Quicktime file]
AR - CCIR 601 NTSC 40:27
PAR: NTSC601 / DV 720 x 480 (no 486 option)
Edit timebase: 29.97
Compressor: Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2

So I would expect to see these "types" of options available to me when I export anything. But when I look, for example, in the settings drop down for "Export as a Quicktime movie, I don't see anything that "fits" my 720x486 based file.

I tried a few options that seemed similar to my file (e.g., "Uncompressed 8-bit", "720x480" etc., but all exports so far have produced stretched images.

Kind of a mystery to me... any ideas?
 
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