FCE/photos/canvas

I'm noticing that when I load a photo onto the timeline the canvas shows the photo in a small box surrounded by thick black borders. Is this how my photos are going to look when I burn to DVD? What did I do wrong here?
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

THE FRAME SIZE OF THE PICS ARE 360 X 266. WHEN THE PIC IS IN THE VIEWER IT IS FULL SCREEN. WHEN I SLIDE OVER TO THE CANVAS IT IS SMALL WITH THICK BLACK BORDERS. I SET BOTH SCREENS TO FIT TO WINDOW BUT THEY SHOW A PERCENTAGE. FOR INSTANCE THE VIEWER IS SHOWING 141% AND THE CANVAS IS SHOWING 80%. THESE PHOTOS WERE SHOT AT HIGH RESOLUTION. I COPIED THEM TO MY PC AND MADE A DISC (CDR) THEN I TOOK THAT DISC AND SAVED TO FCE. IS THAT WHERE MY MISTAKE WAS? HOW CAN I CLEAR THE BROWSER AND START OVER..IF IN FACT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM?
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

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I just purchased Adobe Photoshop 10. I am having trouble with creating a new canvas. I open a new blank canvas... choose the size I would like...make the grid show and then snap the grid. Then try to open my pictures to be placed on the canvas...BUT my pictures open and go right to the white canvas instead of just being opened individually. I have watched many tutorials and follow them completely, but opening my pictures is just not working. Any suggestions?

Open your picture files in Elements, and minimize each one
Go to File>new>blank file, and enter h&w, and resolution (ideally the same value as the pictures). Do the math: the canvas has to provide sufficient real estate to accommodate the pictures.
Drag the pictures from the project bin to the canvas, or copy/paste. I prefer the latter. In order to do that, for each picture, go to Select>all, then Edit>copy to put it on the clipboard.
Go back to the canvas, then Edit>paste.
Access the move tool to position the picture(s) with the move tool and to resize with the corner handles of the bounding box.
Each picture should be on its own layer. Highlight the layer at issue for subsequent adjustments
Forget about snap to grid. The grid may help you with orientation if configured properly via Edit>preferences.

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There should be a sequence icon in the browser, icon with two horizontal yellow bars. Double click on it to open the timeline window and canvas. If there is no sequence in the browser make a new one with Cmd-N. To reset your windows to the default location press Control-U.

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Hello! This is a weird one, but I'm sure there's got to be a way -- any help much appreciated.
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- I used Mpeg Streamclip 1.9 to open the DVD's VOB files
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I May have found my own answer... From a reply to an older message, deeply burid in the archives. FROM NICK:
From the menu bar: Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup > DV-NTSC Anamorphic > OK.
Then: Sequence > Settings > Load Sequence Preset > OK.
I did this and the windows changed to 16:9...
Now, I assume I need to assign all 4:3 clips as anamorphic and position as necessary...
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I've made some titles in livetype and imported into FCE but the frame size comes out smaller than the footage in FCE. Both are set to 720x576 anamormphic but the livetype clip doesn't fill the entire frame, just a smaller square in the middle. Is this an FCE setting or livetype setting that I have to change and if so where am I going wrong?
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I use the following settings in LiveType Canvas, for Widescreen PAL titles and whole-screen movies:
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I've been reading posts regarding creating stills and still need some clarification. I'm from a print world, so dealing with square pixels vs. non square, hdv, vs dv widescreen is all a bit confusing....
I've been to this link: http://www.fcpbook.com/Photoshop1.html and several others, plus reading the manuals which all have been helpful, but each instance deals with different specs, not necessarily what I've listed below.
First, I am creating the stills for 16:9 viewing on a hidef tv (1080). The FCE HD project is an animated, narrated story with overlays, keyframe motion and some limited effects.
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1. In creating my original photoshop template: should I use pshop's presets under "new document":
HDV, 1920 x 1080 (with guides) and if yes, what should the aspect ratio be set at? Square or HDV anamorphic? (When I do "HDV anamorphic" I get a squashed look in FCE, with "square" it looks good.)
2. Saving the photoshop file to be imported into FCE, would it be better to save as a jpg, or photoshop or other format? I've been reading differing opinions as to which...
3. Once I create this template (above) can I crop down the still if it doesn't fill the entire photoshop template (I will have some overlays that will not require a full frame in FCE).
4. some images will be enlarged in FCE. Instead of enlarging them in FCE, should I be enlarging them in photoshop? should I be enlarging exponentially, ie doubling the size of my original photoshop template? And if I'm enlarging them less than 150% in FCE, would the image lose it's sharpness at that enlargement?
5. And finally, I've already created some of the stills in photoshop using the photoshop presets for HDV 1920 x 1080, pixel aspect: square and brought them into FCE. Is WYSWYG in the FCE's canvas window what I'll be seeing on my TV monitor (16:9 1080 HDTV). The images are not squashed and look great, but I'm not sure if that's what I'll end up with when I finally view on my tv.
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1. If you're working in FCE in a 1920x1080 sequence then that's what you should make in Photoshop, square pixels not HDV.
2. Save as Photoshop, TIFF, or PNG, not JPEG.
3. Yes.
4. Enlarge in Photoshop if they have to be enlarged. You should never double the size of an image. It will quickly start to deteriorate, especially when it's re-compressed. You'll have to live with it not being full size. You should never enlarge an image more than 115%. It will start to soften and make encoding more difficult.
5. No. The Canvas is a lo res representation of the final output. For professional work most editors use an external video monitor to view their material. This can't be done unfortunately in FCE with HD material.

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I have a project that intersperses photos with live action. The photos are variously digital shots (jpeg) and scanned shots (tif).
I select a photo in the browser, double click to open in the viewer, set the duration and insert in to the sequence. The photo is now visible in both the viewer & canvas windows - in the viewer it is sharp, in the canvas slightly blurry.
The output (on DVD viewed on a TV) is 'acceptable' (more blurry than I'd like) and I've lived with it for a while, but I was wondering why the apparant quality loss?
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Thank you for your reply John
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Full computer hardware specification would be
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J. Michael Cook wrote:
Question: Will FCE produce better quality than iMovieHD using the same photos?
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