Capturing 16x9 format

Hello,
I shot a film on ntsc, format 16x9, but when I capture the image looks squeezed. What settings do I need when capturing the video footage to make sure I'm not disforming the image?
thank you:)

choose the appropriate Anamorphic capture setting
eg if this is DV then choose *DV NTSC Anamorphic*

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Capturing 16X9 video

I have a professor at the University where I work who brought me several miniDV tapes with video shot in 16X9 Widescreen. This is a first for me, as I have never captured 16X9 footage. I remember when I used Adobe Premiere in the past you would be given a choice to select 16X9 or 4X3 in the inital setup menu. I can not find anything like this in Final Cut. I started to capture the footage and the video appeared "smushed" in the 4X3 preview and source monitors. A co-worker suggested Final Cut would automatically resize the footage when it is exported.
My question is, do I need to do anything to set up Final Cut correctly for capturing 16X9 footage before I begin? Also, I am assumming that when I export to Compressor, if I am using 16X9 footage I would select the "DVD Best Encode 120mins 16X9 option........or will this crop the footage if I select it? I am using Final Cut Studio 1, Final Cut Pro version 5, (haven't upgraded to new version yet) on a Power Mac G5. Can anyone tell me how to capture and export 16X9 footage correctly, maintaining the original aspect ratio?
Thank you so much for the help.

Final Cut WILL NOT RESIZE ANAMORPHIC VIDEO!
anamorphic video is a 16:9 image "squished" and placed in a 4:3 frame size. you can edit the footage in an anamorphic sequence but when you export the sequence it is still 4:3. it depends on if you want to view it full frame on a wide screen tv or if you want to view it on a standard TV. If you are going to view it on a standard 4:3 tv then I suggest you edit the sequence in the standard NTSC 4:3 frame size. this will give your 16:9 footage a "letterbox" look when viewed on a 4:3 TV. if you are going to be viewing your footage on a widescreen tv then edit the sequence anamorphic. you will still need to adjust the exported quicktime movie to the frame size you wish. dealing with anamorphic video can be a real pain, since you need to know how it will be viewed. good luck.

PSE 8 - Why is there not a slide show in 16x9 format?

Warum gibt es nicht eine Diashow im 16x9 Format?
It would be good if the PSE 8 with a new format 16x9 would make an update!

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Again, a 16:9 aspect ratio in the tool slideshow in PSE with zoom 16:9 would be a very large value for PSE+PRE! Then I would not have to use a competing product.
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Preserving 16x9 format when exporting jpg

Hi. I am exporting from FCE, still images from a sequence using File/Export/Quicktime conversion and still image or image sequence settings. The project is from HDV and is in widescreen but the exported jpg images are 'tall and thin', indicating it has somehow converted from 16x9. I cannot find any reference to this in the FCE manual. Can you help? (I am UK based, using PAL and capturing the HDV footage using Easy Setup setting HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50) - Thanks, Max

Why are you exporting image sequences? What are you trying to do? HDV 1080 material is normally squeezed for compression from 1920 to 1440. That's the way the HDV 1080 format is designed so that's what you get when you export an image sequence. If you're going back to video this is the best way to leave your material as it's the least manipulated that way. If you're doing something else then you have to readjust the images.

New to 16x9 format, how get best quality when using standard dv footage?

If I am capturing standard NTSC dv footage, and adding standard dimension digital photos, what capture and sequence settings should I use to get best looking 16x9 output? I know I can export as 16x9 and burn a 16x9 DVD in DVDSP, but I was thinking I should capture and edit that way as well to get best quality.
Thus far, I've been editing everything as 4x3 and assuming the tv's these will be shown on will compensate, which is generally true. I would like, however, to give my clients the option of which output option is best for them.

So, a client would have to give me 16x9 raw footage for me to produce a true 16x9 DVD?
Yes.
I know I can't produce HD DVDs, at least not cost effectively, and most people don't have players anyway.
Right. None of us can. The movies from the store or Netflix aren't HD. HD has no current relevance in DVD production (other than as acquisition formats).
I do want their footage to look as good as
possible on those large screen tvs.
If you produce a good DVD it will look good. All the other DVDs that are 4:3 are just that - 4:3. Same with 4:3 television. If they were produced well they should look great on any screen.
1. I'm starting with DV NTSC raw footage, a low-res
codec.
OK.
2. I'm compressing to MPEG-2 to be playable on an
SD-DVD player, a further low res codec.
OK. But you really mean "to be playable on a DVD player".
3. Regardless of what I do, it's going to be
low-res.
Regardless of what you do, the resolution is limited by current DVD technology. That is, in the NTSC world, 720x480 whether it's 4:3 or 16:9.
Does MPEG-2 always look crappy on an HDTV? On a 72dpi SDTV, it looks acceptable. Is there a workaround for HDTV?
Whether or not it looks crappy is subjective. If Hollywood-produced DVDs and SD television look great on it, then it's possible to make it look great.
Your real limitations - the ones you have control over, are:
- quality of camera, glass, and related equipment
- quality of lighting, audio, camerawork, production in general
- recording format (DV ain't the greatest).
- editing format (hint: you don't have to edit in DV)
- quality of editing / editor
- quality of MPEG2 encoding
In your case I think the last one is the most relevant. If you aren't getting acceptable results you may need to learn more about MPEG2 and Compressor.
BTW 72dpi is a print term, it has absolutely no meaning in video.
Further question, if I'm doing a photo slideshow, not DV footage, can I leave it uncompressed or will it convert to MPEG-2 and stink regardless?
To make a DVD movie it needs to be MPEG-2. That's the technology we have. But it doesn't have to stink. The MPEG-2 you use is the same MPEG2 the studios use with movie releases. The technology is the same, the difference is that they have people who really really know how to use it well.
There is a way to make actual slideshows from JPEGs which play from a DVD or CD. I know little about this, but I suspect that the resolution is still limited to 720x480. Someone will correct me if that's wrong. But you don't have to put them through MPEG2 compression.
You may benefit from finding out what 16:9 really means. All it means is that the display is wider. That's all. There is no implication of a quality increase, in fact from DVD playback the 16:9 picture will always appear a little softer than SD if viewed on a widescreen device. That's just the way it is.

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Dear Mac OS Fellows:
In Tiger OS, the default file format for screen capture is "PNG." I want to change it to "PDF"!
I found the command tips, never worked for me, on the net=>
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Max--
The reason why I try to capture screens with "PDF"
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Does anyone know a way to change the default file format in the Mac OS screen capture utility to a different format other than PNG? Thanks.

cbenham wrote:
Does anyone know a way to change the default file format in the Mac OS screen capture utility to a different format other than PNG? Thanks.
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jpg
pdf
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Screen Capture (file format) used to be pdf

Is there a way to change the default file format for a screen capture. The file format in OS 10.3 used to capture as a PDF. Now the format is PNG. I know you can open the file in preview and resave it.
I just want to see if there is someway to change preferences or something so it will default as a pdf file.
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Hi, amantia and costicladop —
amantia, welcome to Apple Discussions!
There are various options to accomplish your objective.
OnyX 1.6.5 (a free utility) and Cocktail 3.6.5 ($14.95 shareware utility) offer the option to change graphic file format with a "single click" — in OnyX »» Appearance »» Screen Capture and Cocktail »» Interface »» Misc. »» Screenshot file format, respectively.
They're both just implementing Terminal commands — which provide another option.
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Hope this helps . . .
Regards,
Dean
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