fcp wont export 16:9

[arjen92]

He everybody,

I've made a short movie. I filmed it on 3ccd camera, sd, 16:9. I imported it in fcp as pal anamorphic. Then I edited everything, and the canvas showed it in 16:9, but then I exported the thing using movie self contained, audio and video, current settings.
The sequence was automaticely set to the first clip I placed in the timeline. (so I believe that should be right). The settings of the sequence are: Frame Size: 720x576 (ccir 601 /DV Pal (5:4), Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAL - CCIR 601 (720x576). The "anamorphic 16:9" box is checked.

Ok those are the settings I thought were important for this. So, can anyone tell me what I did wrong, how I can prevent this in future and how I can save my project, without redoing everything.

Thanks in advance

 

[NeoMayhem]

I dont know what the settings are for pal, with NTSC you need to export as 853x480 instead of 720x480 if you plan on playing the video using a player that can not tell the difference between a standard and anamorphic file.

 

[bki122689]

ok is the edited version in fcp still in 16:9. i should be, i don't how it could change the raw clips you edited.
try this scroll down to where is says exporting.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/understanding_16_9.html
also

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/236042/

 

[LethalWolfe]

Try exporting it as 1024 x 576.


Lethal

 

[arjen92]

Try exporting it as 1024 x 576.


Lethal

It worked, thank you so much. The only thing is that it is making such big files, is there something I can do about that. But thanks again.

 

[LethalWolfe]

It worked, thank you so much. The only thing is that it is making such big files, is there something I can do about that. But thanks again.

What are you using the files for? The settings you mentioned in your first post would indicate you are exporting at full DV quality. Which is good if you are making digital back-ups of your footage, but obviously not so good if you want to upload it onto the internet.


Lethal

 

[arjen92]

well, it's for an intro of our new school newspaper. It's going to be online (in flash it's only 8,6 mb), but to make everybody know about it, were showing it on the televisions (around the school) too. For that I want it too be good quality. (and because when I'm going to shoot things that I want to put on DVD I want to know how I can obtain full quality, without using too much space).