Anamorphic in a 16:9 Timeline?

I have a short 16:9 720p project in which I'm dropping in a few standard def 16:9 Anamorphic components. What's the best procedure to unsqueeze the Anamorphic pieces?

The standard aspect distort is 133.33.
However, check and see that the ANAMORPHIC flag is set in the clip settings first. Might not need to do anything but scale it.
CaptM

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I have clips from several cameras all shot in widescreen SD. In my bin the anamorphic column was NOT checked for 2 of 3 camera angles. The sequence is SD anamorphic. Now on the timeline, 2 of the cameras look 4:3.
I checked off anamorphic but this does not change what is already in the sequence (if I add video again it does appear anamorphic). Since I have already edited the video - how do I make what is already on the timeline appear anamorphic?
Thanks!!

So let's not getting confused here.
You say "...did uncheck Distort...."
I hope you wanted to say you did 'checkmark' Distort. Because that's what you need to do. Select everything in the timeline. Command Option V > Check Distort (If it's not already). Hit OK.
And make sure your sequence is Anamorphic:
Command 0 (zero) to open Sequence Settings. Make sure Anamorphic is checked (√)
Now that's to solve the problem you already had. But that did not fix your multiclip, which was created fro clips that were not properly flagged as anamorphic. Here's that fix:
To do so. Find Your Multiclip in the Browser. Now find the Anamorphic Column in the browser.
Now Doubleclick the Multiclip from the Browser. It opens in the viewer. Clcik on the first Angle. See now in the Browser if Anamorphic is checked (it must have this √-sign. If not. Click in the column to make it Anamorphic (√).
Now in the Viewer click on the second Angle. See in the Browser if there's the Anamorphic flag set for this Angle, etc.
Do this for all angles.
Now you can edit with all anamorphic footage.
If this doesn't work I think it is time to trash preferences....
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I can't seem to find out why I am able to get a full screen image when I am viewing a clip using the clip viewer and not from the timeline for 16 x 9 formats. The timeline seems to scale the image down at least to 80%. Is there something I need to adjust in the Timeline settings? If I select anamorphic the image is stretched to the edges but not the top. My clip were recorded 16 x 9 and imported as such.
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Thanks for the quick response. I found out that something was messed up with the sequence. When starting fresh and selecting anamorphic without anything in the timeline it works just fine. Thanks anyway.

Losing Anamorphic flag (bug?) in FCP5

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Working in Anamorphic sequences.
All is fine.
But when importing (File > Import) clips from other projects (in which material was captured as anamorphic) FCP5 does not recognise the anamorhic 'flag' and makes it 4:3.
Well, no problem. I know this one, so before inserting this imported clip, I set the flag to Yes (anamorphic).
I now insert this anamorphic clip into the anamorpic timeline.
Still everything works like a charm,
UNTIL I Match frame this clip from within the sequence. The clip which is anamorphic in the timeline matches to the same frame in the Viewer, but only in 4:3 !!! ???
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Interesting, though could this be an issue with DVCPRO50 material?
I ask because I'm unable to reproduce this with DVCPRO25 and DV/DVCAM material captured in Anamorphic, as well as QT Movies (of said captured material) created by FCP (and then reimported).
I also tried QT Conversion, then reimported, but I'm not able to reproduce the issue with Match Frame.

Trying to get Anarmorphic footage in 16 X 9 Aspect ratio from PAL footage

Hi, I am currently doing some tests - having bought a new camera, the HVX-201 AE. I was trying to get a 16 X 9 Aspect Ratio on my finished test footage. I shot using DV Tape, using several options, the squeeze, letterbox and normal. I then captured using DV PAL Anamorphic..
On the timeline, it looks fine, with grey on top and below, with no black letterboxes, except for the section with letterbox format on. However, when I export to Quicktime, using the DV PAL 48hz Anamorphic codec, it keeps being saved as a quicktime file with 720 X 576 resolution. Is there any way for it to be 16 X 9? Do I have to use another codec or will it always be in a 5:4 aspect ratio no matter what I do?
Or is it that when a TV which can play in 16 X 9 detects it, then it shows up as a 16 X 9 picture?
Thanks for the help. I'm really confused.
Cheers.

That's what anamorphic means, it's a 16:9 image stored in a 4:3 frame. You maintain that throughout the post process and any dvd creation in order to utilise the maximum resolution available in sd. When you author the dvd it flags the footage as anamorphic, telling any dvd player you play it in to output it appropriately according to the way it's set up. If your dvd player is not set up properly for the monitor it's connected to it won't work correctly and you'll either see a vertically stretched image with no letterbox (4:3 monitor with dvd player set for a 16:9 monitor) or you'll see a vertically squashed image with narrow letterbox (16:9 monitor with dvd player set to 4:3. In this case you can get the correct aspect ratio if you set your tv to one of the 'zoom' settings; normally the next option after 4:3 as you cycle through the options, but you are then throwing away roughly 25% of the available resolution and the image will be a bit softer.)
In DVDSP you can set the simulator to mimic various set-ups in order to check how the disc will behave before you burn.
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Another strange behavior in Premiere CC. Again something new and "Exciting" So if you have an Anamorphic sequence, for example XDCAM EX 1080 50i (1,333 Ratio) and GPU acceleration - "ON" you will get this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnxqMNElOiI&feature=youtu.be
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With each day i'm waiting for a bugfix patch more and more

Here are a few threads with a similar problem:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5471506#5471506
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5386622#5386622
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5385912
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Motion strobe 24p export trouble

hey all.
new to posting but reading posts has helped a lot. thanks.
i am having trouble exporting files to DVD. i am getting ugly horizontal lines during movement within the frame whenever i burn to disc.
the material is 24p anamorphic in a 4:3 timeline. (it isn't squeezed, i'm playing it widescreen with black bars.) it is a multicam edit.
i have exported the files 'using quicktime conversion' and i've tried many different setting combos. there is minimal strobing on the quicktime files when i play back but exagerated strobing on the actual disc. in the final cut canvas the image looks great.
i am trying burn three programs ranging in length from 30 mins to 1:49 mins. i am dragging mpg-2 quicktime file into iDVD. (doing tutorials on DVDSP to learn now.)
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Field Encoding: Bottom field first
I Frame Rate: 15
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just not sure what i'm doing wrong here. could it play the dvd burner itself? i've test multiple types of discs as well (including the apple brand.)
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thanks,
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p.s. i've read the ken stone 24p stuff and other posts but haven't seen my exact problem.

wow.
thanks for the quick replies. wes. i am editing in a 29.97 timeline.
It sounds an awful lot like pulldown frames.
what exactly does this mean? (is it the half field explanation you provide?) my problem looks somewhat like this example. i have posted two screen shots on my blog if you wouldn't mind taking a look.
http://freethinkpictures.blogspot.com/
as per your suggestion i have tested my dvd's on both NTSC and progressive monitors. i see these horrible lines on both screens.
my impression is that i DO NOT need to do anything different/special to regular 24p footage (as opposed to 24pa). i imported in dv ntsc anamorphic (29.97) and edited the same way.
But while you may perceive this as a problem, it is not really visible played back on an NTSC interlaced monitor. You only see it on a progressive computer monitor...
i am making this DVD available to a group of people, they may use progressive or interlaced monitors, so i'm hoping to create a disc that can be played back on both.
thanks very much for your time. any additional feedback is appreciated!
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you need to go in and edit the capture preset... I usually copy the preset and rename it. add the anamorphic check box.
HOWEVER... did you shoot 24p or 24pA.
If you shot 24p then leave it as a normal 29.97 sequence. The cadence is 3.2.3.2 not 2.3.3.2.
CaptM

Anamorphic timeline makes 14:9 freeze frames

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