Display aspect ratio in PSE4?

While working in PSE4 editor, is there a quick way to display aspect ratio?
I know that I can display pixel size by clicking the little panel near the lower left of the image, but if they are strange numbers, I would sometimes like to know if the aspect ratio is near enough to 1.5 (or 1.3333 or whatever ratio I might be after). Can I find this out without having to do a calculation?

Do Image>Resize>Image Size (this is in PSE2, it might be different in PSE4). Enter 1 in either the Width or Height box, and the other value will be adjusted accordingly. Then click the Cancel button!!

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I am working with some NTSC DV .mov files (720x480). When I view them in OS X Lion (Quicktime 10.1), the Quicktime Movie Inspector shows the video correclty at 4:3 Aspect Ratio with the correct dimensions of 640x480 (using square pixels).
However, when I open the same video in Windows 7 using Quicktime 7.7.2, It shows the video as 720x480 (I guess it is interpreting the pixesls as square instead of 0.9091). Also, on the pc, there are black bars on the left and right margins. These don't appear on the mac.
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I assure you that I can open the same file from an external drive with my Windows PC or my Mac and get the above results. I have over 500 of these videos, and they all behave the same way.
And I assure you that the files are not the same if the file display internals were chagned by your copy work flow.
I did discover in QT 7 that if I go to the "Presentation" tab in the "Show Movie Properties", that I can set the "Conform aperture to:" to "Clean" and it sets the movie to 640x480 and removes the black bars.
Underscan issues are separate from aspect ratio issues. They can be eliminated by masking or cropping along with the re-scaling—the latter of which I've have been pointing out would correct your 720x480 (3:2 aspect ratio) to 640x480 (4:3 aspect ratio) which was the original title subject of your topic.
I believe this is the difference.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4265
All NTSC SD DV content is encoded 720x480 matrix content whether the aspect ratio is 4:3 or 16:9. To properly trim and scale the content as described by this article, the file must contain a valid setting flagging whether the original content was recoded with a 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio. This has yet to be proven to be the case of your copied file which the media info window states is now playing as a simple non-anamorphic 720x480 whereas your current example reads as a simple non-anamorphic 640x480 file. In most cases this does not matter if the source content was 4:3 aspect. However, any file with a "lost" flag setting will be treated as 4:3 aspect file whether the original content was recorded as 4:3 or 16:9 so there is a potential for problems here.

Export Self-Contained / Sequence / Aspect Ratio Question

Hello all,
I have source clips, that look like this, with a command+I in quicktime:
Format: 24-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
DVCPRO HD 1080i60, 1280 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
FPS: 23.98
Normal Size: 1888 x 1062 pixels
Current Size: 1888 x 1062 pixels (Actual)
Now, in FCP, I have to chop this source up into smaller clips, so as I set in and out points, I drag to my sequence, and let FCP adjust the sequence settings to match the clip. It auto-adjusts to:
Frame Size: 1280x1080
Aspect Ratio: HD (1280x1080) (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD (1280x1080)
Compressor: DVCPRO HD 1080i60
Audio: 48khz, 24-bit, Channel Grouped
When I export my clip, I want little/no processing of the source file, and want the aspect ratio to be locked at the highest quality possible, with no funky pixel aspects ratios, etc. So, I export a Quicktime Movie (no Quicktime conversion) with "Current Settings", and I make the clip self contained.
The output ends up as follows:
Format: DVCPRO HD 1080i60, 1280 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
24-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz
FPS: 23.98
Normal Size: 1920 x 1080 pixels
Current Size: 1920 x 1080 pixels (Actual)
So, obviously the pixel aspect ratio has done something in the export, as the original size was 1888 x 1062 and is now 1920 x 1080.
Is there a way to process these clips on export from FCP, where the pixel is a normal 1:1 conversion, be it at 1280x1080, 1888x1062 or 1920x1080 with DVCPRO HD 1080i60, in FCP? Or is this something I have to achieve in Compressor? I'm looking for the Quicktime info on the resulting clip to return the same size for: Format, Normal Size, Current Size.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

I have read this post over and over and there are some strange things going on with analyzing media now. I am absolutely sure that my HD footage (from a Z1U) used to be read by QT at 1440x1080 (1920x1080). Actual pixels were 1440x1080, a 4x3 aspect ratio, but displayed at 1920x1080. Used to be, like I said. I recently upgraded to OS 10.6.4, and QT 10 is quite a bit different. (In fact, other that the new skin, I haven't found any new features I like. Beside the point.) Now I get a QT readout like yours: 1440x1080 (1888x1062). A 4x3 capture aspect ratio and a 16x9 display aspect ratio, but not the same numbers. This can't be right--by law one of them has to be incorrect. I suspect the new version of QT. The same clip in FCP is read as as 1440x1080 with the HDV pixel aspect ratio (Edit --> Item Properties --> Format.) Furthermore, the readout from MediInfo Mac (endorsed by Apple) is even stranger: 1416x1062, a 4x3 aspect ratio, betraying yet another suspect data output. May be MediaInfo is correct, maybe not. I suspect no--my gut says FCP is correct, since it was once matched by QT. So, three analyzations and three results. The only conclusion is one or more of the analyzers is incorrect.
I suspect that the data readout in QT 10 is questionable. According to the Z1U manual, the camera records at 1440x1080, QT and FCP have this correct, but MediaInfo Mac does not. But the display raster information, as read by QT 10, has changed from 1920x1080 to 1888x1062.
So, I did a test. I followed the same procedure you did, including letting FCP set the Sequence Settings (it was correct). The QT 10 data readout from the exported movie was, like yours, 1440 x 1080 (1888 x 1062). Same results when I forced the Sequence Settings to HDV 1060i first. [FCP 6.0.6, QT 10.0 (114) ]. This was consistent with the QT 10 readout for the original, raw media.
My conclusion? Your movie is fine, there was no Pixel Aspect Ratio manipulation. The data readout in QT 10 is wrong. Sounds like a bug to me. I'd say MediaInfo Mac also has a problem--maybe they are both "drinking from the same poisoned well" somewhere deep inside the code.
Last resort: if you have access to an older version of QT, try getting the readout from that. I'm going to. If you'd like to know the results, let me know.
One thing you must do: check the Pixel Aspect Ratio in your edited sequence:
[Sequence --> Settings --> General --> Pixel Aspect Ratio]
Make sure yours is set to HD (1280x1080). Actually, check your camera manual to determine what it should be and make sure FCP is matching it. If not, force it.

Difficult Pixal Aspect Ratio problem

I am having trouble with the PAR (and Screen Aspect Ratio) from one particular camera that belongs to the client. It's a Sony SR-100 SD camera that records some form of MPEG-2 directly to a HDD. Normally I don't have trouble sussing out aspect ratios, but this one has me stumped. My guess is that QT and/or FCP are not handling it correctly.
The native footage is read as muxed MPEG-2 @ 640x480 with square pixels in QT Player (Movie Properties) and FCP (Item Properties). This doesn't fit the SD frame. More later. A handy tool called MediaInfo Mac tells me the same clip is Primary Stream MPEG-2--not muxed--with AC3 audio at 720x480. MediaInfo Mac doesn't compute the PAR, but it does say the display aspect ratio is 4x3, so I am assuming some distortion is taking place. My client claims the specs from the camera documentation match the MediaInfo Mac data--not the QT data--and I believe him.
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The bottom line is I can use the footage scaled and squished. I don't think the client will mind, if he notices. We aren't using much of his material. The issue is I thought I understood this. Either I don't, which is fine and maybe you can 'splain it to me. Or I do and QT and/or FCP are not reading this material correctly. Any thoughts?
I'll post on the QT discussion as well.

Thanks. I also tried to find some specs on this camera, but was only able to find information on where/how to purchase. I don't know, definitely, how he shot this footage. It is definitely not 16x9. So that means I'm more confused, since you are suggesting the material should be 640x480, not 720x480--what QT alone is saying.
I did catch an error on my part--the Streamclip conversion should not be to DV but "Demux to Unscaled M2V and AIFF". Streamclip will do this, but the resulting raster is still off a little.
BTW: I am using a circular item (a DVD) shot with the camera as a reference. I generally shoot some circular object with a camera I'm unfamiliar with, and I asked him to do the same.
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Experts Only: Difficult Pixel Aspect Ratio Problem

I am having trouble with the PAR (and Screen Aspect Ratio) from one particular camera that belongs to the client. It's a Sony SR-100 SD camera that records some form of MPEG-2 directly to a HDD. Normally I don't have trouble sussing out aspect ratios, but this one has me stumped. My guess is that QT and/or FCP are not handling it correctly.
The native footage is read as muxed MPEG-2 @ 640x480 with square pixels in QT Player (Movie Properties) and FCP (Item Properties). This doesn't fit the SD frame. More later. A handy tool called MediaInfo Mac tells me the same clip is Primary Stream MPEG-2--not muxed--with AC3 audio at 720x480. MediaInfo Mac doesn't compute the PAR, but it does say the display aspect ratio is 4x3, so I am assuming some distortion is taking place. My client claims the specs from the camera documentation match the MediaInfo Mac data--not the QT data--and I believe him.
None of this matters, of course, if the footage plays fine in FCP. It is too small--it displays 112.5% scale up at -12.5% PAR. Odd for 720x480 native video, but that's not what QT and FCP are reading. I ran the same clip through Squared 5's Streamclip to convert to DV (as suggested by this site: http://www.aulich-adamski.de/en/perm/how-to-edit-mpeg-2-in-final-cut-pro). This is where it gets really weird. The resulting clip, when imported to FCP, is read as 810 x 480 with square pixels. 810x480. That is not a typo. On the other hand QT Player reads (and plays) the DV converted clip at 720x480 from 640x480 (DV PAR), and MediaInfo Mac reads the same. See? Weird.
The bottom line is I can use the footage scaled and squished. I don't think the client will mind, if he notices. We aren't using much of his material. The issue is I thought I understood this. Either I don't, which is fine and maybe you can 'splain it to me. Or I do and QT and/or FCP are not reading this material correctly. Any thoughts?
I posted this on the FCP discussion as well.

Then I'm thinking you want to use an anamorphic widescreen format in FCP that you can then set up in DVDSP and presumably project or display on a widescreen TV...
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1.42 aspect ratio

Where is the 1.42 aspect ratio derived from?
I have searched these forums and looked on the web but I can't find a definitive answer. Is it the ratio of 16x9 non-square?
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Using Win 10 there is a need for an app to determine the full device display area and aspect ratio programitically; the dimensions are needed to create full-screen bitmap.

While Windows.Current.Bounds returns the application windows size, in order to create a full-screen bitmap my app would need to retrieve the full display area of the device. I cannot even get the aspect ratio.
Pre-Win10, using Windows.Current.Bounds I can create a bitmap of whatever size application window the user is seeing. When the user is showing my app at full screen, I can therefore get the full display area and aspect ratio of the device and create a full-screen
bitmap.
With Win10, the user would need to know to hide the taskbar and also display at full-screen before an app can retrieve the display area and aspect ratio using Windows.Current.Bounds.
Before Win10 it's obvious to the user that full-screen is or is not being used. When I create the bitmap, I create it to fit the application window. When the app is displayed full screen, the bitmap will be full screen. Also, the app starts full-screen so
I can detect the display area at startup if I need to.
With Win10, to the user the app "looks like" it is full screen with the taskbar displayed even though it's not really full screen.
I believe that in Win10 determining the full display area will be useful and not just retrieving the application window size.
musical9

Rob, Is this forum best way to get my suggestion to the development team?
Before Win10 it's obvious to the user that full-screen is or is not being used. When I create the bitmap, I create it to fit the application window. When the app is displayed full screen, the bitmap will be full screen. Also, the app starts full-screen
so I can detect the display area at startup if I need to.
With Win10, to the user the app "looks like" it is full screen with the taskbar displayed even though it's not really full screen.
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I am snapping a sequence of images and using imgPlot to diplay the images. However, due to my camera specifications [it's a Pulnix 9701 with Pixel Size 11.6μm (H) X 13.3μm (V)], the image I get displayed is elongated in the horizontal direction, i.e. if I snap an image of a square, I get a rectangle on my computer display.
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If you are using an analog camera, you can set the aspect ratio in MAX. This will correct for non-square pixels.
If you are using a digital camera, I don't think there is a way to fix it during acquisition. You could resample the image to correct the ratios, but that would be a slow, time consuming process.
One other possibility is that your computer monitor is in a mode which is not a standard 4x3 configuration. For example 640x480 and 800x600 are 4:3 ratios. 1200x1024 is not, which tends to distort your displayed images.
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I have a project that contains 4:3 and 16:9 footage. It is being prepared for 4:3 VHS release as well as 16:9 DVD release. For the DVD, I have exported all footage out of FCP from a 16:9 timeline. The VHS master is being sent to get captioned and the subtitle files for the DVD will be generated from this same master.
I originally thought I could just drop the video in its entirety onto two tracks in DVDSP, set the display mode of track 1 as 16:9 letterbox and the display mode of track 2 as 16:9 pan-scan. Then I could use chapter markers and stories to navigate as needed depending upon the aspect ratio of the original footage. The problem is this doubles the size of my DVD. I didn't think using the same footage on two tracks should increase the size as it is simply referencing the same file, but alas it does.
So, if instead I put only the true 16:9 footage on track 1 and only the pillarboxed (originally 4:3) footage on track 2, this solves the DVD size problem but screws up my subtitle timings, which I can certainly shift as needed but there are a LOT of small pieces in this project and it jumps between aspect ratios a lot so it will necessitate a lot of subtitle shifting.
Is there another better way to approach this? Hope my description was clear enough.
Thanks in advance.
P.S. Public thanks again to hanumang, whose responses to a previous related thread helped get me this far...

Hi Steve, thanks for your reply. I did not explain well. I am not planning to put both 16:9 and 4:3 versions on the DVD. What I am doing is using only 16:9 encoded video on the DVD. This is achieved by placing all footage (16:9 and 4:3) on a 16:9 timeline in FCP and encodeing to widescreen using Compressor. When I do this, the footage originally shot in 16:9 comes through unaltered while the footage originally shot in 4:3 comes through with pillarboxing.
Ultimately, I need widescreen footage to appear unaltered on 16:9 monitors and letterboxed on 4:3 monitors and I need the footage that was originally shot in 4:3 to appear pillarboxed on 16:9 monitors but unaltered on 4:3 monitors.
Based on the way I am exporting my footage from FCP, if I use a single track in DVDSP and place all the footage on that track and set it to 16:9 letterbox, I believe the footage that was originally shot in 4:3 will get postage-stamped, since the pillarboxing was created by FCP when 4:3 footage was placed in the 16:9 timeline.
The way I have been ensuring things appear correctly is to place ONLY the footage shot in 16:9 on one tack in DVDSP (set to letterbox) and ONLY the footage shot in 4:3 on a second track in DVDSP (set to pan-scan). They have to be on different tracks to allow for different displlay modes but that is necessary to insure things appear properly on all viewing possibilities.
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What am I doing wrong, and what can I do differently to give them what they need?
If you need any more info from me just let me know
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I don't know, I'm no expert so I am not sure why they see it as a problem. But again they are saying
+*"the aspect ratio is at 852 x 480 and we’re losing information on the screen. To correct this, we’ll need the files uploaded again either letterboxed or anamorphic at 720 x 480."*+
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Then right-click on that picture on your timeline and select Copy, then lasso or shift-click to select all the other photos on your timeline, right-click and select Paste Attributes.
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I have a strange display issue with QT X which is occurring on both my MacBook Pro and Mac Pro.
Quicktime X is displaying all movies in a squashed aspect ratio. For example a 640x360 movie is displayed (actual size setting) as 640x340. The same movie displays correctly in QT 7 Pro. The same movie also displays in the correct aspect ratio in iTunes.
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Are other people are encountering this distortion?
I'm not and I routinely convert and proof 4 to 12 files a day as part of my processing activities. In addition, neither test files download from the trailers area nor files sent me for examination seem to display this aberration.
I wonder if it is something to do with the transport commands moving from underneath the frame to within the picture area.
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The picture in Canvas is show correct when "Correct for Aspect Ratio" is cheked.
But how correct it for second display ,when i turn on External Video?
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FCE is a resolution specific application. The formats are fixed at standard DV and standard HD frame sizes. You need FCP for this. Or you change the frame size on export and compress for the web. I assume it's for the web as no video standard uses that shape.

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