'Unsqueezing' the DVX100's Sueeze mode ???- help plz.

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007liron

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Hi guys,

I shot my latest film using the DVX100, at 24p, in a SQUEEZE mode.
I edited in FCP on a NTSC Anamorphic time line, and exported to QT.

I submitted it to my Prof. (as a QT), and this is what she wrote me:

" We tried to unsqueeze your final project using FCP and could not.
You will have to fix the problem from the source material and big it in unsqueezed.
We were pretty sure of this before - just confirming it. We can see it and hear it OK - it just looks fat. "

...
-why does it look "fat" ? (My Prof. is going to screen it with a projector, and she's using a reg. Mac. to view it).
- Can I 'Unsqueeze' the footage? How?

I really appreciate your help on this!

Thanks,
Liron.
 
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Your prof is dumb. You're outputting anamorphic footage with a PAR of 1.2. It should be a no-brainer to handle.

Anyway you can just submit a 16:9 DVD instead. No futzing required with that.
 
Joshua Provost said:
Your prof is dumb. You're outputting anamorphic footage with a PAR of 1.2. It should be a no-brainer to handle. .
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1.2 ?

JAnyway you can just submit a 16:9 DVD instead. No futzing required with that.[/quote said:
I can't turn in a DVD, because she's going to project it right from the class's computer, so it has to be a QT file.

It seems that I have to unsqueeze the footage (so I can play properly)...
I don't know how to do it though...Care to explain?
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is she playing it from fcp or quicktime player? curious about why it looks "fat". sounds like it is displaying too wide, unless she misspoke. if she is playing from fcp, she can either check off anamorphic under item properties, or drop it in a normal ntsc dv timeline. if you kept it as dv when exported.
 
Shibuya Oboya said:
is she playing it from fcp or quicktime player? curious about why it looks "fat". sounds like it is displaying too wide, unless she misspoke. if she is playing from fcp, she can either check off anamorphic under item properties, or drop it in a normal ntsc dv timeline. if you kept it as dv when exported.
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Hey,

She's going to play it as a QT.
But I still have enough time to submit an 'unsqueezed' verison, only I don't know how to do it.
Can I just export the image as a non 16:9?
Or, do I need to change it with the Motion--aspect ratio options?

Thanks!
 
Does she not want it in 16x9?

The only thing you can do then is put it into a 4x3 timeline and loose your edges or letterbox it.

If she is saying she doesn't want 16x9 then she shouldn't be teaching. The TV and film market are all going to 16x9.

Some of these teachers that are out there...its ashame really.
 
ef03 said:
Does she not want it in 16x9?

The only thing you can do then is put it into a 4x3 timeline and loose your edges or letterbox it.

If she is saying she doesn't want 16x9 then she shouldn't be teaching. The TV and film market are all going to 16x9.

Some of these teachers that are out there...its ashame really.
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Totally agree!
That sucks, when a teacher of film tries to discourage you from moving ahead with techonolgy!
 
Does she not want it in 16:9 OR does she just not want it to look fat?

I have had the issue of exporting squeeze footage to QT with things looking a little fat as well. What I did, if I remember correctly, is the following:

Open your QT file in QT (of course).

Go to Window>Show Movie Properties

Click on 'Video Track'

Select the 'Visual Settings' Tab

Uncheck 'Preserve Aspect Ratio'

And scale the image to 853x480

Then save.

See if this helps at all.

Cheers,

John
 
Maybe she just thinks your work is fat.

Michael Jackson teaches that bad is actually good.

This may be a case where 'fat' is actually a technology advanced compliment.
 
I have noticed things don't display properly in Quicktime player depending how you export from FCP. From what it sounds like, the problem doesn't seem to be that you shot squeeze, and it would probably be happening even if you had letterboxed it, and exported the same way you did.

I see it whenever I open .mov footage that I capture through FCP and open in Quicktime player.

Off the top of my head I can't think of export settings you should use.

I think the cause has something to do with square and non-square pixels.

Have you opened the file you exported in quicktime player on your computer?
 
Shibuya Oboya said:
I have noticed things don't display properly in Quicktime player depending how you export from FCP. From what it sounds like, the problem doesn't seem to be that you shot squeeze, and it would probably be happening even if you had letterboxed it, and exported the same way you did.

I see it whenever I open .mov footage that I capture through FCP and open in Quicktime player.

Off the top of my head I can't think of export settings you should use.

I think the cause has something to do with square and non-square pixels.

Have you opened the file you exported in quicktime player on your computer?
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Hi,
yes, it looks fine on my computer (QT)...
 
I have looked at 4:3, letterbox, and squeeze. I have no idea what to shoot in. I edit in Premiere Pro CS3. For squeeze mode would I have a 16:9 timeline or 4:3, and does squeeze crop the image?
 
If you edit on a 16:9 timeline, with a 16:9 display, it will all look proper. If you try to output it to a 4:3 TV it will of course look stretched.
 
Premiere CS3 has a preview compensation so you can show 16:9 timeline on a 4:3 monitor with the proper ratio. I thought I heard that was a new feature...
 
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