Squeezed image

Was wondering if the experts out there could help this newbie.
When I export my Motion project as a mp4 or other QuickTime movie, everything looks as it should.
If I try to export using Compressor or Import directly into DVDSP, the background image is squeezed. Other images in the project appear normal. Any ideas? Thanks!
1.8 MHz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Rather than trying to explain this, specialcase's article does a much better job than I ever could:
http://www.motionsmarts.com/tutorials/nutsandbolts/sizematters.html
Essentially if your image plus effects is larger than 2048x2048, your graphics card can't process it, so the software has to scale it to send it to the card and there can be problems with this process and when rendering outside of Motion, it gets worse...
Patrick

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Although I've come close to finding my specific issue when perusing the discussions, I haven't had much success.
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Thank you - I can answer some of your questions but not all (yet). But in the meantime, I was also wondering whether this "squeezed" image problem might only be apparent on my laptop's DVD player - and not if I play the DVD on my TV? (I am traveling and can't test that yet).
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Anything you brought in from Photoshop or other image editing program should also be interpreted as Square Pixels unless you specifically created the artwork in Photoshop as non-square using one of the Photoshop Presets.
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Thank you for pointing out that iPhoto 5.0.4 has resolved the problem of improperly-proportioned slideshow images when "sending to iDVD." I implemented the 5.0.4 update and the images now appear correct when viewed in iDVD.
However, even with 5.0.4, choosing "export" of a large size .mov (720x480) still yields an unadjusted square-pixel file, which will result in squeezed images if used as source material for a DVD (in DVDSP, for example). Apple should correct the export of 720x480 files, also.
It seems as though Apple software engineers have provided the ability to output the 720x480 file size, but they fail to appreciate that the specific 720x480 size nearly always will be used in digital video editing, or as source material for a DVD, neither of which utilize square pixels. There is virtually no use for 720x480 exports of iDVD slideshows, unless the pixel aspect ratio conforms to the DV and DVD standard.
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Okay. Why is it so hard to simply export a 16:9 movie out of FCE HD? I just don't get it. From what I can tell, the correct setting to play back correctly on a new 16:9 US set is 960 x 540 (a "custom" QT setting) Why on Gods green earth is this setting (if it IS the correct setting) not in the long, long list of export options?
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Not really.
I'm guessing with did this in a DV sequence. The format for DV, and I'm guessing in NTSC, maybe it's PAL, but you don't say. let's assume it's NTSC, the DV NTSC format is 720x480 regardless of the aspect ratio. 4:3 material fits into the frame using a pixel aspect ratio of 0.9, a narrow, tall pixel, as opposed to a square pixel. A 16:9 image fits into that frame by squeezing the image anamorphically. This makes the image look tall and skinny. This is done in the camera, either with an anamorphic lens or is done electronically in the camera. The video application or the camera expands out the squeezed image so it plays back properly. QuickTime does not do that. If you record your 16:9 material onto tape in the 16:9 anamorphic format and play it back to your widescreen TV from the camera, it will look fine. That's the way the system is designed to work.
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Screening HD with a 16:9 projector

I thought it would be easy...
I need to prepare a clip, captured in HD, to be screened with a projector, set to 16:9. When I export it using the current sequence settings (Frame Size =1440X1080 (16:9); Pixel Aspect Ratio=HD (1440X1080); Compressor=HDV 1080i60) and screen it - the result is a squeezed image (smaller and wider), although the way it looks on my computer screen seems right. The only way I found to get around it and to get the correct image was to Export>QuickTime Movie and then change the settings to DV NTSC 48KHz Anamorphic.
But this, of course, makes me loose the HD resolution...
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~y

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Hi friends,
I received a 2-hour concert video (I was informed that this is going to be 16:9) from Prague with the following Item Properties (from FCP):
Creator: QuickTime Player
Vid Rate: 25 fps
Frame Size: 720 x 576
Compressor Avid DV
Data Rate: 19.3 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: PAL - CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Upper (Odd)
Originally, this file shows from "Get Info":
Dimensions: 1024 x 576
Codecs: AVUI, AVdv, AV1x, Linear PCM, Timecode
I had to download the Avid QuickTime Codecs LE 2.1 from Avid's site to have FCP recognize and accept this PAL file.
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What's the proper setting for FCP (7.0.2) prior to importing this file (Easy Setup, etc.)?
When selecting NTSC using DV-NTSC under Easy Setup then importing this PAL file, my canvas is showing squeezed image (the people appear much taller) knowing that the intended 16:9 is not properly displayed...
What is the best workflow from FCP to Compressor?
What is your recommended settings once in Compressor (with a 16:9 final output)?
I tried using the DV NTSC from Advanced Format Conversions but the preview still shows the squeezed video.
Any other tips for this noob greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!

You're good to go
I think you should leave the field filter alone, for now.
Now edit away.
when you're done export a MOV file, using "current settings." that leaved the codec as it is in the timeline. This file can be either self contained or non-self contained. The former is an archive and the latter a reference that can be deleted later.
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Getting 853.3 pixels when I want 720

I'm trying to convert a large batch of hdv media into DV media anamorphic so I can edit in a DV timeline and have the final DVD product be widescreen. I cannot edit HDV and just convert the sequence. I need to convert all my clips and must edit a DV sequence. However, when I use Compressor setting for advanced format conversion DV NTSC, I end up with media files that are 853 X 480 instead of squeezed 720 X 480. With certain settings I manage to get a squeezed image but 640 wide rather than 720. What settings do I need to change to get my wide HDV clip squished into a 720 X 480 clip?
I get exactly what I want when I use media manager in FCP 5 to export a "recompress" using DV NTSC - my wide HDV image squeezed into a 720 X 480 image. But I really don't want to use media manager for this (I have my reasons). I need to be able to drag my clips into compressor and apply the correct settings. Seems like I've tried everything.

David Gardner7 wrote:
I've also tried both the DV NTSC compressor setting and the DV NTSC Anamorphic compressor setting. It's possible there is some combination of all these that I have missed.
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