New Widescreen Project in FCP 7

I'm currently working on a 4:3 project, and I want to open a new project that
has a 16:9 format. How do I go about this?
I found the option to change the capture settings, but the canvas window still is at a 4:3 ratio.
How do I make the canvas window 16:9??

What I'm trying to do is get 16:9 proportions to work in, and then enlarge my 4:3
footage until it's cropped off. I don't want to have to import my footage again.
Also, when I drag the handles of the gray bar to zoom in or out of my timeline -
by extending it horizontally - is there a way to center that enlargement on the playhead?
It would really save me a lot of time not to have to scroll back to find my playhead again.

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New HD widescreen projects open as fullscreen

All of the sudden this started happening. When i create a new HD 720p or project or even just a DV widescreen project, it opens up as a 4:3 DV project no matter what I do. Whats happening????

Are you using PAL? If yes, did you tell that to iMovie?
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/iMovieHD_6bugs.html#widescreen

Newbie Question: Why can't I open my iMovie project in FCP?

Hello all--
I'm sure some variation of this question has been posted a bajillion times but I can't seem to find the answer. At this point I feel like a damsel in distress. Rescue me?
I've been working with iMovie for about two years now and I've recently been learning Final Cut Pro to up the ante on my videos. However, when I tried to import an iMovie project into FCP yesterday, it didn't quite work. Let me explain what I did and what happened:
1) I exported my (edited but previously unpublished) iMovie project by clicking Share>Export Final Cut XML
2) I opened FCP and clicked File>Import>XML and then selected the XML, leaving all the boxes checked
3) FCP imported the project as a sequence; however, the entire sequence reads "Media Offline" in the Canvas.
4) I clicked File>Reconnect Media and the list of offline files is overwhelming. I tried my luck by clicking "locate" and going to my imovie folders to find the clips, but even when the browser allowed me to select a clip, when I double clicked it, nothing in the sequence changed - it's all still "offline."
I really don't know much about media management, I'll admit - I'm wondering if maybe iMovie saves edited clips in a folder other than the events or originals folder - maybe the edited clips become "temporary items"? I know I have a ridiculous amount of imovie cache and temporary items and I never touch them because there are just so many of them and I don't want to mess anything up. But could the files that FCP claims to be "offline" in fact be located in these "temporary" folders? I mean, I've looked everywhere else on my hard drive and nothing is working! Sorry, I am probably just confusing myself MORE (and you), but maybe SOMEONE will know what in the world I should do
Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the family. I don't think many of us have ever used iMovie so your post might be more quickly answered in that forum.
My suggestion is to forget trying to move the project. Rebuild it in FCP. The exercise will teach you much more about your new software than fighting XML.
If you don't feel like doing that, try a smaller iMovie project, something with only two or three clips and one dissolve.
The larger issue is probably how iMovie stores its captured media which is completely different from how FCP does it. And the format is different. FCP does not, IIRC, view iMovie's default dvstream codec. You will want to export your movie clips as DV.
bogiesan
Message was edited by: David Bogie Chq-1 correct fifth grade typos

Combining 4:3 and 16:9 video in a single widescreen project

I am working on my first DV widescreen project in iMovie 6. The majority of the video footage I'm using was shot in 16:9 (widescreen) format and imported just fine. I then imported into the same project some additional footage from a friend's camera that was shot in standard 4:3 format, however, iMovie automatically imported all such clips as "stretched" apparently in order to fill up the full widescreen window. Is there some way I can have these 4:3 clips imported into a widescreen project without distorting their original 4:3 ratio (i.e. so that they can be incorporated in a widescreen project but with black bars on the side)?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) Mac OS X (10.4.6) OWC 1.4 Ghz Processor, 17" Studio Display

Thanks Sue. I didn't think about importing the 4:3 footage into a separate "non-widescreen" and then cutting and pasting it into my widescreen project. My only concern is how the 4:3 clips will appear when pasted into the widescreen project. The article you linked states "iMovie HD will automatically convert the footage" so that it can be used in the new project. I'm wondering if this "conversion" means stretching out the 4:3 footage or simply pillerboxing it (which is what I want). I'll test it out when I get home tonight.

Settings for a widescreen project

Hi all
I assume this is a basic question which the answer perhaps is still easier. I´m a Premiere basic user
I´m trying to make widescreen projects and use Encore to export a DVD which the video fits perfectly LCDs and Widescreen Tvs...So my workflow is:
I´m starting new projects using the DV-NTSC Folder > Widescreen 48khz
The imported videos come from a mix of 2 Panasonics AGDVC20P and 1 Sony HD1000. Sony HD1000 records 16:9 and Panasonics 4:3 (I use a little zoom at Premiere to fit the screen).
After finishing the Premiere I render the project and go File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Send to Encore. Make the menus and build a DVD.
But the problem is: I perceive on my TV the image looks like 16:9 but black stripes still appears up and down the image (tested on various tvs and the same).
What Am I missing?
Should be a different size than 720x480 and Pixel aspect ratio 1,2121 as Widescreen DV profile set?
Anything at Encore?
Thank you a lot for the help.
Gustavo.

Gustavo,
Your end result should be DVD, which is 720 x 480 NTSC or 720 x 576 PAL.
Use a SD widescreen sequence setting and downrez your HDV or let the camera do that for you by capturing SD format. If you have captured HDV, you can either downrez by using Motion/Scale to fit your SD resolution or use Scale to frame. The latter has a small drawback in that it will result in small black bars left and right, that will normally not show up when played on a TV.

FCP 5 has problems with how I did projects under FCP 4.

For the most part, I've been very happy with FCP 5, but it's very buggy in a couple of respects that pertain to how I create my projects. Now, I'm getting an error that is preventing me from finishing a project, so I don't have to tell you how critical my issue is, nor do I have to emphasize how quickly I need an answer.
To begin with, I will explain how I did my projects under FCP 4. I would begin by capturing all the raw footage in OfflineRT with my Power Mac G5 dual 2 GHz, then copy the project file and all media files to their respective locations on my 12-inch PowerBook G4, for portability. I would complete the offline edit on the PowerBook, then create an online project file, which I would then transfer back to the Power Mac. I would recapture footage in the new project, everything would fall into place, and all was well.
Since "upgrading" to FCP 5, this method doesn't seem to work anymore. The first sign of a problem was when I created the online project file on my first FCP 5 project. After an attempt to re-capture the footage on the Power Mac, I got an error message that the video was in an incorrect format, or something like that (unfortunately, this was some time ago, so I don't remember the exact phrasing of the error message). I was able to resolve the issue by unchecking the box in the media manager to delete unused media from duplicated items. This forced FCP to create an online file that captured every frame of my original raw footage, not just the parts that were used in the online edit. It took up more space, but at least I could get the project done.
Now, I'm getting more strange behavior, and it's preventing me from completing my latest project, even though I'm following the same steps I did on my previous project. The first thing I noticed this time was when I first tried building the online project file using Media Manager, it took a VERY long time to build the list of used media - something on the order of 15-20 minutes, when before it only took seconds for similar projects. Then, I got the following error message once the new online project had been created:
"Reconnect Media Failed: An unknown error occurred while trying to reconnect C-2 to the new offline file." This error kept occurring multiple times when I clicked continue until I finally checked the box next to it asking to ignore these reporting errors.
C-2 is one of the master clips for my project.
Undaunted, I proceeded to see if moving the new online project file to the Power Mac and re-capturing the footage in NTSC DV would work. Curiously, the Power Mac needed to capture C-2 twice. Although the length of the clip is only 45 minutes or so, FCP needed to capture 90 minutes. Unfortunately, after capturing, I got the same error message as before, but with different phrasing:
"Reconnect Media Failed - An unknown error occurred while trying to reconnect C-2 to the newly captured media. Try recapturing this clip to resolve the problem."
Recapturing the clip doesn't solve the problem. I keep getting the same errror message. Since this clip is one of my master clips, I simply cannot complete the project unless I can capture this clip somehow and have it reattach to the offline files.
The only thing I can think of, since I've been making projects this way since FCP 3 with no issues, is that it has something to do with FCP 5's new multiclip function. I have been using it extensively, and I suspect the error I received the first time was because every clip was linked to others through multiclips, and some shifting of in or out points may have occurred, which broke this link. Forcing FCP to capture all raw footage in its entirety resolved that issue the first time, but not this time.
Would someone PLEASE tell me ASAP how to fix this? How can I complete my project in online, DV-NTSC quality? Is there a possibility I can recapture the files in my offline project in DV quality, perhaps?
How can I prevent this from happening in the future? As I said, this never happened before I upgraded to FCP 5, and if this is the price I have to pay to have multiclip editing, I don't know if it's worth it. Maybe I should get a refund.

Finally found the answer myself. My camcorder glitched during the offline capture session, and it didn't recreate the glitch during the online capture, so the frame counts were different.

HELP! Moving timeline from Standard to Widescreen Project

I use Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 and am in the middle of a large project.
I was given the project in a file which the sequence 1 timeline contains all movie files however the project is in Standard not Widescreen (cutting out the sides of the videos and won't look good on a TV)
What is the best solution for moving the timeline (in it's current format with seperated and editable files including audio) to a widescreen project?
Thanks, Tim.

Open a new sequence and copy / paste all the clips ( Select all) from the the other ....into it.

Can't open an FCE project in FCP

I got FCE 4.0.1 and have now upgraded to FCP 6.0.1. When I try to open my existing FCE project in FCP, I get a message that says, " File's format is too new for this version of application."
I just bought the FCS, so I assume it's the latest version of the program.
Any ideas?

The latest version of Final Cut Pro is 6.0.5.
Use the software updater to get to that version.
My guess is the 6.0.1 was released before FCE 4.0.1.
"In general, Final Cut Pro can open a Final Cut Express project if it was last modified in a version of Final Cut Express that was released before the version of Final Cut Pro that you are using."
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24708?viewlocale=en_US

Opening FCP HD 5 project, on FCP HD 4.5??

Hey everyone,
Is there a way to open a FCP HD 5 project on FCP HD 4.5? Maybe theres a way of saving it?
All I need to do basically is take it in to uni so I can use their machines to transfer my 'masterpiece' onto VHS, so was planning to use the 'Print to Video' option to do it, but because I have version 5 at home it wont let me open it on the version 4.5 systems there.
If I cant do this, is there any other way to get it to VHS? maybe just saving it as a quicktime file and doing it from there??
Thanks!

Two of the best options:
1) Dump it back to tape and let them import it off the tape. But NOT VHS.
2) Export as a QT self contained file, but depending on the length, you'll need to put it on an external FW drive to take over there.
Third way:
But you'll have to do some guessing on proper technique.
You need to get the media all in one palce.
You can use media manager to export used clips with handles to a new project. And save to the FW drive.
Once you get a new project created you can do export and XML of that new project. Then have the FCP4.5 folks open the xml and relink all the media back to the FW drive. This way they can still edit if they need.
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How to open FC Express project in FCP

Using FCE 3.5 and need to open the project in FCP 5.0.4.
At the moment I get a window telling me:
"File format is too new for this operation"
Checked Software Update to see if there was a FCP upgrade I was missing, but doesn't seem to be one.
If this has already been posted I apologise and please direct me to it.
Thanks Mac People
-justin!

You probably need v 5.1. It is not a downloadable version.
To move from 5.0 to 5.1 is considered a Crossgrade and the forms and details for how it works can be found on the Apple website - FCP Studio pages under updates. I believe the cost is ~$200 but may have forgotten the exact price.
good luck.
x

Open FCExpress projects with FCP

Hi Mac friends,
I once had FCExpress. Not any more.
I´ve all FCExpress projects and all the media stored on an external FW hard drive.
Can I open this projects now with FCP and save them as new FCP Projects in order to use and preserve this works?
If so, what´s the proper way to do it?
Thank you very much.
L.

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Just do a "Save As..." to make a copy.

Importing 4:3 clips into widescreen project

I've set up a widescreen project (PAL DV Anamorphic) and have imported some 16:9 clips which look fine. I also want to put some 4:3 clips into the same project but these are always stretched to widescreen. How can I avoid this?
I've done this in FCP without a problem. Am I missing something obvious?
Any help much appreciated.

Hi,
Open up the clip in QT and select- show movie properties, highlight the video track and deselect 'preserve aspect ratio'. Save. Clip should appear as correct aspect ratio. Don't ask me what is going on here, it all seems back to front for me. Your comment on FCP made me think that something similar could be in effect here. I guess it's a file tag thing.
-Rob
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Need to read a FCP 5 project in FCP 4.5

Hello to all.
I will be needing to transfer an ongoing FCP5 project to someone else, who for many different reasons will not be upgading his FCp 4.5 to FCP 5.
If i am not mistaken, he will not be able to open the project.
Is there any way, in the way i save or set up the project in FCP 5 that he could continue to work on it in his FCP 4.5.
Thank you for your time,
Tee.

You'll need to export an XML file of the project in FCP 5, then use that file to built a new project in FCP 4.5.
Check the manual's index for XML for the details of the process.
-DH

White screen Motion projects in FCP

I have created a Motion Project on my father in-laws Powerbook, my old machine, and used it in a FCP project everything was fine and as it should be.
Saved the files, and brought everything to my new machine.
On this new machine it has the crossgrade version of FCP,(5.1.4) and Motion (2.1.2) on it, and when I bring the Motion file into FCP I get a white screen. Nothing else. Just 10 seconds of white. The project plays fine in Motion. I have tried to resave and re-import. Nothing. Plays perfectly fine in Motion.
I made a new project in Motion, assuming it had to do with the old files. Imported it into FCP, white screen for 10 seconds! This is a huge issue, but not sure what to do if I can't import my Motion projects into FCP.
Now this is something to considerI will throw this into the mix.......the Motion Projects do open up in my DVDSP 4.1.2.
So it opens in Motion, opens in DVDSP, but not in FCP. So its the import into FCP, not the file itself.
What gives? Any clues......
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
OS 10.5.4, MacBook Pro 2.4, 4 gig RAM

OK, so I've been importing motion projects into FCP (for a while now) and rendering them each time they're changed...and finally wondered: why? If I click "open in editor", change something and go back to FCP, I should only have to re-connect it, right?
Unfortunately for us, whenever the source media - a video clip, still image, Motion or LiveType project file - changes, FCP trashes the associated render files. As far as I am aware, it's a hardwired 'housekeeping' thing within FCP.
The usual advice is to render only as a last resort, but I take it your workflow doesn't allow for that?
I busted open the FCP manual and it only said that LiveType and Motion clips must be rendered (red render bar)...but not why. Is it because they are inherently motion effects/graphics intensive?
It's because Motion or LiveType files typically do not match the codec - what FCP terms 'Compressor' in your Sequence Settings - that you're working in. Sure, the files may match the frame size and rate - for instance, 720x480 at 29.97 fps - but Motion and LiveType files are 'interpreted' as Animation codec files. If you're working in DV, for instance, you'll have to render files that are not DV. Another issue is that no machine/setup I've ever worked on can do Animation files - at Full Quality - without rendering (they are simply too data intensive). However, beefier machines can get some amount of RT playback, depending on the settings and number of tracks being composited.
Or did I misread your questions?

Standard project in fcp

Hello to everyone,
I'm assembling weddings video and I need to know if it's possible to create a standard project to be used every time as base for a new project. If yes, please tell me how I have to do. In this way I will be able to be more fast, I can change some effects, I can change the soundtrack but I can have a solid base to start without lost a lot of time.
Tks a lot for you help

I've been using self-created template projects in FCP since 2001. To create a template project file, simply open a new project, import whatever you want; I have Bins preloaded with the typical graphic, still image, audio and Motion files I normally use on projects. I created two Sequences, one named "Main Edit" and the other named "Scratch." On the "Main Edit" Sequence, I have a 1 second black slug, followed by a 15 second Intro movie that I created in Motion, along with a short audio track. That is followed by a short copyright notice, which is followed by another 1 second slug.
On the "Scratch" Sequence I have various Boris Title 3D and Title Crawl text generator clips in the various styles I commonly use as well as a few custom Motion templates that I've made.
After I have everything I need in this project, I save it as "New Project Template" and save a shortcut (alias) on my desktop (I actually have several types of FCP Templates based on the nature of the projects I do, but I've simplified it to use as an example).
Now whenever I have a new project to edit, I open this template. The very first thing I do is a "Save As" and give the project a proper name associated with the client it's for. All the elements I typically use for each project is already in the proper Bin in the Browser or already on the Timeline, ready to go. If I need a title, I can copy the appropriate text generator clip from my Scratch Sequence and paste it to my Main Edit Sequence, then simply change the text as needed. At the beginning of each year, I update the copyright notice on the Timeline to reflect the new year and save the template project file.
Another thing I've always done is to maintain a "Project Elements" folder on my capture scratch drive. In that folder I keep all of my production music, image files, Motion templates and other graphic files that I use less frequently than those I pre-imported into my New Project Template. I keep them organized in sub-folders by type of file, making it very quick and easy to locate for any project in which I might need them. When I do need one, say a graphic file for example, I open it in its editor, make any changes needed for that particular project, then save the altered file as a new file to the project's Capture/Scratch folder. Then I import the new file into the FCP project I'm working on.
It would not make sense to preload your Sequence with video clips and have to reconnect them for each project. Hopefully each of your projects are unique enough that every clip will not be extacly the same duration with the same transitions and filters applied.
-DH

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