Sequence settings ratio error - project ruined?

Hi all. Am new to video editing but an old hand at Cubase, Logic etc, so was able to pick up Final Cut quite quickly, and have just finished editing my first vid. However, think I may have made something of a faux pas regarding resolution.
The raw footage I started with was H.264, 1920 x 1080.
As instructed by the camera guys, before I did anything with the footage, I used MPEG Streamclip to convert it to Apple ProRes 422, still at 1920 x 1080.
Unfortunately, I started editing it in Final Cut without changing the project settings to anamorphic 16:9, which means when I export the video, it's horizontally squashed with the dreaded letterboxes on the top and bottom. Trying to change the Sequence Settings in Final Cut leads to a very broken looking video and lots of 'unrendered' messages.
As the source footage IS in the right format, I thought it would be simple enough to swap the resolution in Final Cut, but apparently not. Is there any way around this, or is the project basically no good (unless I export with letterboxes).
Thanks in advance.

Make a NEW sequence. Drag a video clip from the browser into the new sequence (don't copy and paste). It will ask you if you want to conform... say "yes".
Now copy and paste everything from your old sequence into the new one.
Select your video clips, and go to Modify>conform to sequence...
If you have any effects applied or lots of tracks, you'll probably need to render... and if you have any key framing, i'm pretty sure you will need to make adjustments by hand.

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Hello everybody. I have searched the forums and have went back to the manual for FCP but cant seem to find the answer to my questions. Any help would be appreciated.
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To my knowledge HDV at 1080 is interlaced.
You could:
Open a new sequence and drop a HDV clip in/FC will ask if you want to conform the sequence to the clip-click yes/sequence settings will now match the clip and show you exactly what you are dealing with. This info can also be found in the columns for each clip and sequence but I find sequence view is easier to understand what you have.
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Hello,
It seems to me -based on a scan of the forum's topics- that there are many people who would like to use FCP for creating computer-targeted output, that use still images as the source material. That is, projects not destined for tape or broadcast, that were not shot on video. I realize there are 3rd party apps that do this sort of thing, but the reality is there's no need to spend more money. Creating Ken Burns type effects for example, is very easy to do in the Motion Tab. It's the related sequence settings and render settings that cause the real problems IMO.
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Hi there,
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My HV20 camera has a DV 16:9 setting. I always use the HD setting. But if I captured such footage, what Sequence Settings would one use? If DV Anamorphic, doesn't that stretch things out? So maybe a Custom choice in Frame Setting of 640x360?
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if I captured such footage, what Sequence Settings would one use?
DV Anamorphic
If DV Anamorphic, doesn't that stretch things out?
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But would that only be appropriate for Internet and if I had any hopes of other uses would 3:2 still be wisest?
What got me thinking (if you can call it that) was that I placed an animation from Archive.org in a DV Ana 3:2 Sequence. To fill the screen, Scale had to be 113, Clip Aspect Ratio: 13. Then I changed the settings to 4:3 aspect ratio and the clip fit perfectly (Scale: 100, Clip Aspect Ratio: 0).
So why not use a non-Anamorphic Seq Setting with a custom 16x9 Frame Size of 640x360?
Maybe I'm thinking too much...or not thinking at all.
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A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing! You are trying way too hard.

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I successfully did this yesterday. But when I tried to replicate my efforts, I got different and unwanted results.
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Let me clarify. What I'm trying to do is to correct the sequence setting without having to reassemble the whole project.
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I will be shooting with a Sony NEX-VG10 set at a Record Mode of FH 17M (which I have no clue what it is)
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videope wrote:
Maybe I didn't explain myself correctly.
When creating a new project I have to specify location, name, etc... PLUS I also have to indicate the capture format
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Secondly, comes the Sequence Settings where there are a bunch of available presets listed such AVCHD, DV-24P, DV-NTSC, DV-PAL and so on... also HDV.... and within each one there are further options for example under HDV: 1080i 25, 1080i 30, 1080p etc....
Which one is the one I should choose?
That's already been explained in this thread. And it's also covered thoroughly in the Pr Help documentation.
If understand correctly you are suggesting that I forget this screen and just add my clips and create New Sequence from Clip. This you say will automatically attach to it the proper preset. Pardon my ignorance but I can't figure out how it will work. Will I have a new sequence for each clip?
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