Sequence Settings Frame Size, LIMIT?

I want to export a sequence that's 1080x5760. Essentially 3 1080p screens right next to each other. Every time I enter this custom setting into the frame size of my sequence, I get a 4000 limit for both height and width. Shouldn't FCP be able to handle this size? Is it limited by my GPU?

FCP currently does not support anything over 4K.

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Advice on sequence settings - frame size for VHS video in FCP

Hello,
I was hoping that I could get some advice on editing and output for video captured from VHS Tapes to ensure the best quality possible.
My current workflow to digitize the VHS tapes is:
VHS signal from JVC S7600u with TBC into ADVC 300 (no de-interlace or other filters set) into a Mac Pro via firewire. Capture preset in FCP is DV NTSC 48khz.
Once in FCP - the captured VHS video frame size is 720 X 480, Vid rate is 29.97, pixel aspect is NTSC-CCIR 601 and field dominance is lower (even)
My questions are:
If my final destination is for You Tube sharing , are these the best sequence/ frame size settings or should I convert the sequence frame size to 640 X 480, or should I leave at 720 X 480 while working in FCP and then output to Compressor and select the H264 you tube sharing video setting and change the frame size to 640 X 480?
Should I de- interlace for internet/youtube destination?
Should I de-interlace for DVD/TV destination?
If I want to burn the finished project to DVD and watch the video on a progressive montitor/ TV screen, what would be the best settings/frame size for that?
If any of you out there have experience with editing vcr/analog video in FCP and have a good workflow to ensure best quality, I would really appreciate any advice/suggestions.
Thanks in advance.

Digitize to 720X480 frame size in FCP. In compressor, your YouTube preset will automatically deinterlace and a square pixel aspect ratio.No deinterlacing for DVD.
Russ

FCP- DVDSP sequence settings. frame size

Question of sequence settings. when making a DVD, will the sequence setting, Frame size make a difference?
We are just starting to edit a documentary, which uses alot of still photos and graphics. The rest of the video is shot on DV. I have tried laying still photos on the DV sequence, but it looks like still photos look really compressed and blurry. Not so good quality wise. If I set it to CCIR 601-NTSC, the photos look super good. We are NOT outputting any digi-beta uncompressed, but only to DVD.
I am editing sequence in NTSC DV, but thinking of just before getting outputting with compressor, I am thinking of changing to uncompressed sequence CCIR 601-NTSC, and then compress it to MPEG2. (doing this later so that i can do alot of edits RealTime and worry about picture quality later) of course the picture size does get smaller... I don't really know the effect of this on a teleframed television.
Will that make a difference? Seems that if I go through DVcompression AND MPEG2 compression, both, is more compression than MPEG2 compression itself. Is there a site that talks about it?
Thanks in advance.
Lost

I only have "a bit" of experience working with stills in a DV sequence. But one thought concerns how you are integrating the stills and the video. I assume you are going to pretty much intermix the stills and the video and audio (interviews or whatever) that may go with video and stills.
The DVD format, of course, supports stills as a slide show directly, but this will not accomplish the intermix very effectively.
As far as size-quality, you may want to import the stills are larger than DV image size and then pan across them, etc.
At the end of the day, to achieve a seamless edit job, you are probably going to need to have all the stills sitting on a regular DV timeline for export / encoding to MPEG2.
I honestly do not put much stock in the differences between viewer and canvas. I always use an external NTSC monitor to judge the final appearance. I started with a cheap TV and recently upgrade to a nice JVC production monitor. This is the real measure of the final video, in my experience.

Question: PE4 -- missing presets, project settings frame size disabled

Hi -- I'm running PE4 and with YouTube's new widescreen abilities, I want to make some widescreen (16:9) videos, rather than the ol' 4:3 ratio.
However, in the intitial set up when I'm creating a new video, when I attempt to change settings, I discover that all the presets are missing. Using windows explorer, I discover that they are all no longer available. Where did they go?
And by the same token, I can't seem to edit my settings, either. From the edit menu, then preset settings, then general... The frame sizes are disabled and no amount of fiddling with the other settings will enable them.
Am I missing something obvious?
I also feel that the simplest way of fixing the problem would be for someone running PE4 to create a wide screen video in 16:9 and e-mail me the working files. I should be able to clone that over and over for videos. Just an idea.
Please help!

You can only change your PROJECT presets when you start a project. You can't change them mid-project.
As for output presets under the Share tab, if you're not finding those, then something is wrong with your installation and you probably need to either uninstall and reinstall (you won't lose any work if you do) or at least do a repair install -- do an installation without removing the program from your system.

H.264 frame size limit?

I'm trying to compress HD 1080/24p footage in Compressor 2.0.1, and the h.264 dialog box limits me to a max frame size of 720. Why no 1080? I can do 1080 MPEG-2. Is there a way around this?
Thanks!
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Frank:
Wellcome to the forum!
the h.264 dialog box limits me to a max frame size of 720
Are you trying to encode to H.264 for HD DVD or H.264 QuickTime Movie?
Encoding H.264 as Quicktime Movie lets you gice your full custom frame size (go to Geometry icon), 1080 pixel aspect ratio, etc.
Take any of the existing Web Download or Streaming (QT7), make a copy and change the Geometry settings as you want.
Hope it helps!

How do I match a clip to sequence settings and sequence presets?

I'm getting the warning: Attention - This clip does not match this sequence's settings or any or our sequence presets.
I'm trying to figure out how to set things up in Compressor so that my clips do match my sequence settings and presets. The issue seems to be with the audio not matching.
Here are the sequence settings:
Audio-2 Outputs
Frame Size- 1920x1080
Vid Rate-24fps
Compressor-Apple ProRes 422 (proxy)
Aud Rate 48.0 KHz
Aud Format 32-bit floating Point
I shot all the footage with a Canon 5D Mark II. I'm using Compressor to convert all my original clips. The only thing I don't seem to be able to match is the Audio. I can't find any way in Compressor to encode clips that have "two outputs" in the Audio column.
The dialogue box for "Sound Settings" in Compressor doesn't offer any sort of options, that I can find anyway, to generate clips with "two outputs."

These are the Compressor settings:
Description: Apple ProRes 422 10-bit video with audio pass-through. Settings based off the source resolution and frame-rate.
File Extension: mov
Estimated size: 16.36 GB/hour of source
Audio Encoder
Apple Lossless, Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
Video Encoder
Format: QT
Width: (100% of source)
Height: (100% of source)
Selected: 1920 x 1080
Pixel aspect ratio: Square
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Selected: 24
Frame Controls: Automatically selected: Off
Codec Type: Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy)
Multi-pass: Off, frame reorder: Off
Automatic gamma correction
Progressive
Pixel depth: 24
Spatial quality: 50
Min. Spatial quality: 0
Temporal quality: 0
Min. temporal quality: 0
These are the sequence settings:
Frame Size: 1920 x 1080
Editing Timebase: 24fps
Field Dominance: None
Pixel Aspect Ration: Square
Anamorphic 16:9: Off
Video Processing YUV allowed (8-bit)
Compressor: Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy)
Millions of Colors (24 bit)
No Data Rate Limit
No Keyframes Set
Quality: 100
Audio Settings:
16-bit 48.000 kHz Stereo
I made screen shots, but don't see how to paste them into this post.

Exported image is always stretched... source clips 1080p, sequence settings 720p.

So I'm trying to export a file from FC7 at 720p, but it always comes out stretched, no matter what resolution I have the export set to. The source clips are mostly 1080p, but I chose to edit 720p because my Mac was just too slow to be able to efficiently edit in 1080p.
Sequence settings:
Frame Size: 1280x720 (HD 720p)
Pixel Aspect Ration: NTSC - CCIR 601 / DV (720x480)
Anamorphic: Off
The clip settings are mostly 1920x1080, however I'm also working with some still images that vary in resolution. In editing, all of the clips are zoomed in, as I'm trying to cut out some aspects of the image, and focus on specific details within the clip's frame.
In the canvas, the image looks just as it should be, but whenever I export, it is noticeably stretched. I feel like I've run out of options, and I'm thinking of re-editing the entire thing (it's not that long) in 1080p. My gut tells me that it has to do with the clip formats being different from the sequence settings, but I can't figure out anything else that I could try to get it to export properly.
I was hoping if anybody had any ideas, they could shoot them my way. I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!

Unfortunately this did not work, but I feel like it should have when I observe the clip settings. Interestingly, when I set the sequence Pixel Aspect Ratio to square, the image on the canvas appears stretched in the same way that it does in all the exported files that I had previously created. The clip settings are as follows:
Resolution: 1920x1080
PAR: Square
Compressor: H.264
Frame rate: 59.94
Other images that I used are varying resolutions, but also have a square PAR. The sequence settings are as I mentioned in the opening post, but here are some added details that vary from the clip settings:
Compressor: Apple Proress422
Frame rate: 29.97
I tried changing all of the PAR of the clip settings to match the sequence settings, but this didn't work either. Honestly, I think I might just resort to working within 1080p where the sequence settings are changed to match the clip settings exactly, because I opened up a test sequence and it works just fine this way. I appreciate the help a lot though, thank you!

Sequence settings to 1920x1080

I am using a Sony XDCAM-EX1 camera Full HD camera and am shooting in full 1920x1080p30 format instead of the normal HDV 1440x1080 format.
But in FCP6, in Sequence setting, when choosing the Frame Size or Pixel Aspect ratio, I am not given the choice of 1920x1080 but the highest shown is 1440x1080.
In this case I feel that I am loosing the quality of the HQ 1920x1080 picture that is generated from the EX1.
However, I see that I can make a custom setting. If I determine on a custom basis 1920x1080 in picture size menu, will it be OK? And what precautions should I take when I want to export the sequence for working into DVD Pro and burn a blue ray disk with the highest picture quality?

Sorry Shane but it does not work that way.
I did expactly what you said:
1- In Easy Setup, Format = Sony XDCAM HD
2- Use = XDCAM HD 1080p30VBR
3- Rate 29.97 fps
Then I create a new sequence and go tos equence settings and I have:
Frame size = 1440x1080 (HD(1440x1080) (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio = HD (1440x1080)
Editing Timebase = 29.97
Compressor = XDCAM HD 1080p (35 Mbs)
So I dont have what you said: 1920x1080 picture size.
What else have I missed ???
But when I import a clip which is 1920x1080 (full HD 1080p30HQ from the EX1), it asks to change or not sequence settings to match the clip setting. I click on yes.
Then I have in Sequence settings:
Frame size = 1920x1080 (HDTV 1080i(16:9), like I said in my previous Post.
Therefore I reiterate my comment saying that FCP apparently works with interlaced but not progressive with 1920x1080. Can you confirm ? If not "educate" me (sorry about this term) on how to make it work with 1080p, or explain to me that it does not make any difference if it is 1080i or 1808p which I doubt would be the case.

Help with Custom Sequence Settings

I'm wondering if anyone might be able to assist me with a question I have regarding custom setups and timeline rendering?
I am working on a sequence of still images (.*tiff files) in a custom timeline that I've setup to match the resolution of the 30" Apple Cinema Display (2560x1600).
Up until this point, whenever I work with high resolution (*.tiff) images in a 1920x1080 sequence, the images are often twice the resolution 3840x2160 and do not require any rendering. They automatically scale to the dimensions of the timeline and everything is just straight forward.
The problem I'm having now, is that whenever I drop a 3840x2160 image into my custom 2560x1600 sequence, the image still scale to fit the sequence, but I immediately get a solid red bar across the top of my timeline and cannot figure out why I need to render everything. All of my sequence settings are the same with the exception of the dimensions and interlacing disabled.
Here are the sequence settings:
Frame Size: 2560 x 1600 Custom
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Field Dominance: None
Editing Timebase: 29.97
QT Video Settings: Apple ProRes 422 (no interlacing)
If anyone knows of a way that I can setup a custom sequence such as this without having to render everything right from the start, I would greatly appreciate any tips on how to do this...
Thanks!
~Greg

My guts say, you can't. RT Extreme is the technology FCP uses to playback without rendering. It likely is only turned on for standard video resolutions. (i.e., those that are shot by video cameras or electronic cinema cameras - like RED 2k). That might be the largest you can work with without rendering. It's 2048 X 1152 for a 16:9 image... Just guessing, but bet I'm close to right here. Filling your CD though will not be a standard video size at all, because it isn't 16:9... it's 16:10 so might not be able to do what you like to see I'm afraid without rendering.
Jerry

Basic FCP Sequence Settings question for 1080 footage w/ 7D

OK. So maybe it's the fact I've been working for 18 hours straight and my mind is partially play-dough, but I'm thoroughly confused right now by what I think may be the dumbest question ever.
Anyway... here's my problem and my workflow.
PROBLEM:
Stupid black box above and below my 1080 footage after I export to QT out of FCP (this box never existed in my 720 footage)
WORKFLOW:
- I have 1080/30p footage from a Canon 7D and Rebel T2i
- Converted to Prores 422 in MPEG Streamclip (I can never keep the file system intact to use the FCP EOS plugin. I need to work on that)
- Imported into FCP7
1080 SEQUENCE SETTINGS:
Frame size: 1920x1080 HDTV 1080 (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Field Dominance: None
Editing Timebase: 29.97
Compressor: HDV1080p30 (Also tried ProRes)
Quality: 100 percent
After I export to Quicktime with current settings, the video plays back with a small black bar above and below the footage. Weird. This seems kind of normal to me, except these bars never existed when I edited in 720. Not that it looks bad, I'm just confused why the bars are there when they weren't there in 720.
720 SEQUENCE SETTINGS:
Frame size: 1280x720 HDTV 720p (16:9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square
Field Dominance: None
Editing Timebase: 29.97
Compressor: HDV 720p30
Quality: 100 percent
When I export this, no black bars above and below.
So why -- If my settings are basically the same except for the 1080/720 substitution -- do I get the above/below black boxes for 1080 and I don't get them for 720?
I don't think I want the box. Don't like the box. The box is bad. I think.
Thanks.

I'll send my thanks over here, too, Shane. Posting on multiple sites because project is due today.
Hopefully this will be a lesson learned and my sequence settings are point-on from here on out.
If anyone else is reading this and has a similar problem, though, Shane came up with the solution:
"Highlight all the footage you pasted...then right-click and choose REMOVE ATTRIBUTES. Then check BASIC MOTION." After checking basic motion, you also have to check distort.
And if the quicktime inspector doesn't read out 1920x1080, don't worry about it and just trust FCP.
Thanks for the input, all.

Help! Trying to change frame size of project/sequence

I have tried everything I can to change my project's frame size to 320 x 240 from 720 x 480--modifying sequence settings (nowhere to change size, just "timeline options" and "render control" tabs), clicking on the sequence's frame size in the browser (even with option and command), going into user preferences, system preferences, item properties, project properties without any dialog box that will help me make the change. I checked off "Prompt for seeings on New Project/Sequence" in User Preferences, but it only gives me a pop-up menu with the Easy Setup options. What's happening? This is taking me forever to figure this out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Bob,
Why do you want a project at 640 X 480 ? You will not be able to print it to your camcorder.
Just put those values in quicktime conversion box, and your exported movie will has this frame size.
May be the confusion become from the aspect ratio of pixel...
DV pixel are displayed "as square pixels" in Final Cut Express, if you uncheck this option in viewer, you will get a horizontal squashed image.
That's because TV set do not handle pixel like computer monitor and your camcorder record it with this aspect.
So don't be concern with the 720 or 640 question: just export your movie using quicktime conversion set to 640X480 for viewing on computer (like I suggest earlier) or simply "print to tape" from FCE to your camcorder (with stretched pixel for TV monitoring).
Michel B.

Sequence settings when mixing 25fps (1920x1080) and 50fps (1280x720) ??

I've got some DSLR footage filmed at different frame rates (25 and 50) and as a result also different sizes (1920 x 1080 / 1280 x 720) compressed as H.264.... can anybody advise me as to what format the footage would edit best in (fastest render times) what my sequence settings (frame rate and frame size) should be in FCP while editing a mixture of both these types of footage? I understand that setting the frame rate at 50 is suitable for slowing 50fps footage down by 50% but would this affect the 25fps footage?
Any help would be brilliant, cheers.

Convert both to ProRes. If you want, Magic Bullet Grinder will make this process very fast, and upscale the 720p footage to 1080, and make the 50fps into smooth slow motion 25fps. It utilizes all the processors in the computer.
Sadly it doesn't bring in the source timecode nor assign a reel number (important to professional editors). The only way to do that is via Log and Transfer...here's the workflow for that: Tapeless Workflow for FCP 7 Tutorial
Most important is to backup the files, and to convert to ProRes. What footage do you have the most of? What format do you want to deliver? These are what help you decide what format to edit in. Do you want the 50fps to be slow motion? Then use can CONFORM with Cinema Tools. And edit in a 1080p timeline (720p will be upscaled).
Shane

FCP Sequence Settings

Help, I am using a mix of jpeg stills with jpeg video for final out put of a DVD and Bluray 16:9 what settings do I use in the Sequence settings? I am keen to use the full quality of my material as I am using the Nikon D3s. Until now I have been using settings Frame size:1920x1440, Pixel Aspect Ratio:Square, Field Dom: None, Compressor Uncompressed 10bit 4:2:2
In the Audio/Video Settings: Sequence Presets Uncompressed 10-Bit pal 48KHZ

You'll want a frame size of 1920 x 1080. I would just make put the Jpegs into an Apple Pro Ress with 1080i setting. That way your renders should be pretty quick as opposed to using a Long GOP compression like HDV. It will also afford you a very nice color space and beautiful picture for Blu-ray. Once you're done with the cut, simply export it using File>Export>Quicktime and use that file for your Blu-ray and Standard Def DVD.

Wrong sequence settings used on my timeline; can I copy the timeline to a new sequence with correct settings?

The clip properties are Frame size 1440x1080, 23.98 fps (yes a problem for FCE), Compressor: Apple Intermediate Codec, but unfortunately I did all of my hard work on a 30 minute film on a sequence that has SD settings (Frame size 720x480), 29.97 fps, compressor: DV/DVCPRO- NTSC. I first noticed there was a problem when I could only get the exported quicktime movie to appear as a 4:3 when it was supposed to be a 16:9. I have overcome that problem by exporting using quicktime conversion and customizing the settings to reflect the correct item properties of the original clips.
But my concern is that my project is still fundamentally based on a timeline that was created in a sequence with SD settings and that maybe I have lost some resolution quality. I am sitting here looking at the iDVD preview and I am not always sure it looks as sharp as the same clip viewed in FCE dropped in a sequence with the right settings. But maybe iDVD preview isn't as sharp, or maybe it's just myimagination. Any thoughts?
Ideally, what I would liketo do is to copy my timeline out of the first sequence with the wrong settings,and to copy it into a new sequence with the proper settings. But I am wondering if that timeline is now "infected" with the wrong settings,and brings these over to the new sequence. The guy on the Apple help linetold me this was unfortunately the case. Am I really going to have tocompletely do this work over again to get a completely correct workflow?
Any way around this?

Al,
very much appreciate your time on this. Hopefully just one more question. I am trying to figure out whether or not converting the tremendous amount of footage I have from this project shot in 24p will be worth it. In my mind, it is only worth it, if by not doing it, I will end up with a finished product that does not have as good of a picture quality. At this point, I dont care at all about having the 'film look' 24p is supposed to give you, I just dont the picture quality degraded somehow because FCE doesnt support 24p, and I am using a 29.97fps sequence to edit it.
So with all of that said, my question is this:
1. When you said before that when a clip hits a sequence it conforms to the properties of the sequence, what do you think is happening to the clip? For instance, if the clip in the Browser as you shot it has got 1440 pixels for every 1080 lines and you place it on a 720x480 sequence, is some of that information literally disappearing? That seems hard to believe. I would think that kind of conversion would require a program to execute it and some processing time, but the drag and drop on a sequence is instantaneous. And my HD footage on the SD sequence still seems to look better to me than my SD stuff, although that could just be perception. Same issue with the frame rate. When I drag and drop a 24fps clip onto a sequence set for 29.97 fps, how can the clip now have more frames per second? That would be additonal information that was never captured in the first place. How is that possible? I do believe that the clips are changed in some way that affects the output, but it doesnt seem possible that 'conforming' to the properties of the sequence is the same thing as if you shot the original footage with those sequence settings. Something else must be meant by that right?
2. Will converting the original clips in streamclip change the frame rate..them from 24p to 29.97? If they are still 24p, then don't you still run into the same problem when you edit in FCE? And if they are changed to 29.97, how is that better than just dropping them onto a sequence set to HDV 1080 29.97fps and having it conform to that? What exactly is the upshot of doing the streamclip conversion? Especially if I don't care about the 24p look now.

Changing Incorrect Sequence Settings

Hello All,
I have a projects that has about 3 dozen sequences. All the video was shot on an EX1 using XDCAM EX 1080p30 (35 MB/s VBR). All the sequences but one are correct, Frame size: 1920x1080 Aspect Ratio: HDTV 1080i (16:9), Square pixels with an editing timebase of 29.97...that look great. When putting everything together, I found that one sequence had been put together with the wrong setup. It has the following settings: Frame size: 1440x1080 Aspect ratio: HD (1440x1080) (16:9), Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD (1440x1080) with an editing timebase of 23.98. My question is, how can I get this one sequence to match the others? Lots of cuts on this one, would not want to have to recreate this one from scratch. Help!
Final Cut Pro 6.0.4 running on 10.5.5 on a Mac Pro.

I have exactly the same problem HOWEVER when I try "remove attributes>video attributes>distort" (I uncheck and hit okay) the distortion does NOT go away. When I go back to the video attributes menu the darn distort is still checked. Do again and again to no avail. Quit, restarted, same deal.
Any ideas, oh wise masters, before I take to the drink?
Thanks.>A

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