Changing aspect ration from 16:9 to 4:3??

I have a video shot in HD 16:9 and I need to change it to 4:3 realizing the cropping involved. Can't seem to find the instructions in the manual for doing this. Any help would be appreciated. FCPro 6.0.3

If you want to see the complete image (with black bars top and bottom) nest the 16:9 image into a 4:3 sequence.
If you want to see just a part of the image in your 4:3 sequence, there are a few different ways to do it, but essentially the scenario is that you will be scaling up the image (somewhere around 132% works well.)
If it's the same portion of the image that you want throughout the sequence, the quickest thing to do is nest your 16:9 cut into a 4:3 sequence, right click (ctrl+click) on the clip and select open in viewer, then go to the motion tab and scale the clip up to 132%
Josh

Similar Messages

  • How to change aspect ration after editing

    The sequence I was editing my project turned out to be 720 but I need it to be 1080. I changed it to 1080 under sequence settings but the video comes out looking too small. Will I have to re-edit my project or is there an easy fix?

    What you need to do is make a new sequence, with the proper settings...best way to do this is make a new sequence, add a clip of the footage you want to match to it...click YES when FCP asks "do you want the sequence to match the clip?"...delete that clip...then copy and paste the entire sequence from the old timeline do this new one. Then highlight everything, and REMOVE ATTRIBUTES>BASIC MOTION and DISTORT. If you did any resizing on clips, those will have to be manually redone. 

  • Changing aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9

    I import with Firewire and Canopus ADVC100 from a Digital-TV-Recorder.
    The imported footage comes up in FCPX Events in 4:3 - but should be 16:9 - as it was boradcasted. Is there a way to change this?
    I'm new with the program - before i did the same thing in iMovie-Hd, and there it worked fine. Comes up there in 16:9 in the program when choosing Widescreen setting, however i see the files in the media folder as 4:3, so also these files, when putting them into FCPX stay as they are of course.
    Thanks a lot for helping a beginner.....

    Click on your clip in the Event Manager and then go to the Inspector, in the Info tab. You should have a "Anamorphic Override" option. Set it to "Widescreen".

  • Changing aspect ration in FCP 7, Easy Setup?

    I recently starting editing again in FCP 7 and am running into an aspect ratio problem.
    Earlier this fall i tried capturing some clips off of my new camera (Panasonic HVX) and i believe i changed some of the easy setup/capture settings to accommodate the HD footage.  This weekend i used my old mini dv camera (Sony vx2100) to record some skating.
    I didn't change the easy setup/other settings prior to capturing the tapes. 
    The image doesn't look as it looks ok in the viewer, but doesn't fully fill the canvas.
    When i export to vimeo, the image doesn't fill the whole screen.
    The image itself looks ok, but i believe the aspect ratio is off somehow.
    This is a link to how the vimeo export turned out
    https://vimeo.com/85702402
    here is a link to another edit i'd made previously in the summer where the image filled the screen better
    https://vimeo.com/73221381
    here is a screen capture of the canvas
    anybody know what i should do?

    You need to ask this on the Final Cut studio forum.

  • How do you protect the WIDE SCREEN aspect ration from FC HD to QT

    My images are wide screen on Final Cut Express HD but stretched tall with black bars on the left and right in QT. I export using Quicktime Conversion and I even click on the PRESERVE ASPECT RATIO during the conversion.

    hi gainor
    the trouble is your actual footage really is tall and thin! thats how the anamorphic flag works... it just tells FCP to display the video as widescreen (even though the raw image data is not).
    try exporting using Quicktime Conversion , and in the options set the "Size" to something 16:9 ish (like 720x405)
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2734039&#2734039
    cheers
    Andy

  • Changing aspect ratio from 16.9 FHA to 16.9 letterbox

    I am editing a 4x3 project and I need to use some 16.9 clips. The 16.9 clip is FHA. Is there any way I can squeeze it to 16.9 letterbox and save it as a 4x3 clip ? I'm using the latest version of iMovie 09.

    If you want to see the complete image (with black bars top and bottom) nest the 16:9 image into a 4:3 sequence.
    If you want to see just a part of the image in your 4:3 sequence, there are a few different ways to do it, but essentially the scenario is that you will be scaling up the image (somewhere around 132% works well.)
    If it's the same portion of the image that you want throughout the sequence, the quickest thing to do is nest your 16:9 cut into a 4:3 sequence, right click (ctrl+click) on the clip and select open in viewer, then go to the motion tab and scale the clip up to 132%
    Josh

  • How do I set the aspect ration for 4:3  or for 16:9?

    How do I set the aspect ration for 4:3  or for 16:9 in Adobe PE12?

    PulcinellaNM
    What computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 12 running on? Have you updated from 12 to 12.1 Update via a project's Help Menu/Update? If not, please do so. That is all background information for now.
    As for the question that you are posting....
    I think we need to go a lot deeper into what you are doing. Here are some considerations
    The aspect ratio setting is in the import settings. In Premiere Elements 12 Expert workspace, the project automatically sets the project preset based on the properties of the first video file that you drag to the Expert workspace Timeline. If your video's properties include a 16:9 flag, then the project settings will have a 16:9 flag (aspect ratio). If you do not want the project to set the project settings automatically, you can set the project settings yourself manually with File Menu/New/Project and then import your source video.
    If a problem exists where imported 16:9 video is presenting in Premiere Elements as 4:3 instead of 16:9 (typical of the JVC .mod file issue), then you can set the pixel aspect ratio under Interpret Footage feature inside the project workspace.
    At this point, I think it best for you to give more details and background behind your question so that we can be sure that we are giving you the information that you need to succeed in your projects.
    If you need clarification on anything written, please do not hesitate to ask for clarification.
    Thank you.
    ATR

  • CS4 changing aspect ratio, resizing video

    Hello,
    I've been working on a project at school for some time and am just now getting to the editing factor. My issue is about half way through editing it seems that its changed the aspect ratio from wide screen to a more standard ratio. I have it set to scale to the frame size. Just to clear a few things up they were all captured the same, all the original quicktime files are the same it's just once I import them into premiere that I start having issues. I really appreciate it, thanks

    After uploading it to youtube the size gets so small you can hardly see it. My main goal with this thread is to get the video to actually scale to the frame.

  • Mac book aspect ration on Plasma TV

    Hi,
    I've just connected my mac book to my 42" plasma TV. It looks really good and I'm looking forward to watching films on it. However the entire desktop is ever so slightly squashed. I'm running in 1024x768. The TV can display 1280x1024 at the correct aspect ratio, however all the fonts are squashed and unreadable at this resolution.
    My question is, how can I adjust the aspect ration of the mac desktop?
    Or if anyone else has any tips I'd be very grateful.
    Thanks
    Rich

    I would check the LG user manual to see if there is any information relating to picture size and centering controls as a way to deal with the overscan problem. Some people have been able to reduce or eliminate overscan using odd resolutions in SwitchRes X, but it's impossible to give specific advice about how to go about doing that. The only way to get that kind of advice is from someone who has been down that road with that exact TV. You may have better luck over at the AVS Forum in that case.
    As for the text, it may never get any better than what you are already seeing. You are up against a few different problems in this regard. One is the matter of rectangular pixels as it relates to font rendering, and anamorphic displays in general. Another is that upscaling is taking place, namely 1280 pixels per line are being mapped into an actualy 1024 pixels of resolution. Upscaling or upsampling will never result in very good looking text. And finally, consider that 1024 x 768 native resolution is not very much resolution. Basically, that is the same resolution as an older Mac iBook screen, which was 12 inches in size. You have the same resolution on a 42-inch screen, so naturally it isn't going to look very crisp.

  • Changing Aspect ratio to 4:3

    I'm trying to make video that is an homage to the classic telivison show The Twilight Zone. The original show has and aspect ration of 4:3, but my footage is all 16:9. I've tried to find a forum to help me, but everyone else is trying to do the opposite (change 4:3 to 16:9). Does anyone know how to crop it out?

    there are a couple of ways. first depends if you want it to export 4:3 or 16:9 but with black bars...
    if you just want black bars, can use a video effect, Crop, on an adjustment layer above your footage. adjusting the effect to add black bars to the sides.
    if you want to export to 4:3, you can create a new sequence and choose a matching preset, or customize it to a 4:3 ratio.
    if you already have an edit and want to export your 16:9 timeline as 4:3, you can crop it by using the Source tab on the export window, and then unlink the export resolution and change those values to 4:3, matching what you cropped in the source tab.

  • Changing Aspect Ratio Question?

    I have just unwrapped and installed my new apple TV. Setup was the usual Apple synch
    However I've found someting tat is rather iritating and wanted to ask if someone can help me.
    When looking at the apple TV menue's etc the aspect ratio looks perfect on my 55" wide screen TV. and on my normal TV the current aspect ratio setting of the TV seems to work OK. I think I have it set to 16:9
    However when I either play a netflix movie or play a movie from my itunes library the picture doesnt fit and loks more like a 4:3 with black bars down the sides. I can stretch it out and it loks OK, but its very inconveniant to keep reseting the aspect ratio of my TV setup every time I use apple TV.
    BTW.. When I use the Wii to stream netflix it fits perfectly.
    I dont see a menu setting in apple TV to change aspect raitio..
    Can anyone help?
    Thanks,
    Steve

    There isn't one.  Its output is designed purely for 16:9 widescreen TVs.  Any adjustments thereafter must be made on the TV.
    If videos display incorrectly either the TV aspect ratio is wrong, TV is not widescreen, the stream (Netflix) is wrong or the local video file is wrongly encoded.  Of course if it's  a 4:3 film or TV show then it will display as intended with black bars on sides on a widescreen TV.
    When you say normal TV you presumably mean a non-widescreen TV?  AppleTV is not designed to output to 4:3 sets hence no onboard adjustments.
    AC

  • Netflix would change aspect ratio 30 seconds into the video.

    I'm having an issue with Netflix video streaming changing the aspect ratio from wide format to standard within 30 seconds into the video.  Doesn't happen on the sony PS3, macbook air, ipad2.  Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
    Before:
    30 Seconds into the show

    This same thing is happening to me - AppleTV switches to 4:3 ratio 30 seconds into a movie. Then, when I try to start the video from the beginning, it then starts incorrectly (with black bars on the side and a compressed picture). I have the ATV2 connected to a brand new Samsung 32" LCD in my bedroom. This only happens when Netflix is playing on the ATV, and it happens even if I hook it up to one of my other televisions. This leads me to believe that the problem is with the ATV, not my television. The strange thing is that it was working fine for a couple of days, and then suddenly started doing this.

  • Exporting at Sequences settings... Changes aspect ratio.

    I'm preparing some 16:9 DV footage for a Multi-Clip edit. So I'm Exporting a few sequences to my HD to re-import as a clip, at that point they are in sync for Muli Clip.
    When I Export and deselsect 'make self contained movie', it comes back into FCP at Full Screen. I really want to use this option to save a ton of HD space. If I export and check 'make self contained movie', it re-imports at the correct Wide Screen aspect ration. How can I not make a self contained movie and maintain aspect ratio? I've had this problem since I bought FCP and gone through all the updates.
    When I Export a Movie, I'm simply going to Export>QuitimeMovie (use sequence settings).
    Thanks for your time.
    -Monty

    I don't know where else to access that checkbox besides Sequence Settings, there it has been checked since the project started.
    Well my Multi Clip training only goes as far as Lynda.com's coverage. My original clips that I capture were from two different cameras that didn't share the same time code or start time. Also, both camera started and stopped many times individually and lastly I had an external audio source to fly in. So to my thinking at the moment, I had to sort the video and audio clips into 1 sequence per camera so they all share the same start/stop time and duration. At this point since Multi-Clip doesn't edit Sequences, only clips, I export the sequences and re-import them as clips. If you feel like explaining an easier way, I'm all ears, thank you.
    Message was edited by: TheMonty

  • Can you 'force" change aspect ratio for DVD player 4.0?

    Hi,
    I have burnt a dvd-r from my pioneer hdd/dvd recorder (630H). The program is in 16:9 ratio but plays at 4:3 on my powerbook dvd player 4. (All other dvd-r burnt via other burners appear OK however - so I guess this is something peculiar to the Pioneer) Why is this?. Question is: is there any way to "force" the apple dvd player to change aspect ratios? Thanks for any assistance.

    I've got about 20 video tracks and one audio track all laid out and I've decided I'd like to insert something before the audio track so if I move the audio track everything else will be off.  Is there a way to shift all the video tracks and the audio track over to the right to make room for the inserted video?

  • Hi there  I need to change language setting from English US into English uk, in a Mac OS X 10.5.8, how can I do that?

    Hi there
    I need to change language setting from English US into English uk, in a Mac OS X 10.5.8, how can I do that?
    Many thanks

    Change your OS X language
    Your Mac is set to display the language for the country in which you bought the computer. For example, if you bought your Mac in the United States, your Mac is set to English. If you bought your Mac in France, your Mac is set to French. But if you prefer to use a different language, you can.
    If you bought your Mac in the U.S. but English isn't your preferred language,
    you can switch the language via drag-and-drop.
    Open System Preferences and click Language & Text.
    Click the Language tab.
    In the Languages pane, drag your preferred language to the top of the list.
    To apply the language throughout your system, restart your Mac or log out and log back in.
    You can also customize various aspects of any application by choosing Preferences from the application menu. For example, to configure settings for the TextEdit application, open it from your Dock or the Applications folder, then from the TextEdit menu, choose Preferences. Other application preferences can be configured in similar fashion.

Maybe you are looking for