Squish a 4:3 video to 16x9

I have a video somehow it was a 16x9 that got stretched to fill a 4:3 screen, is there anyway i can "squish" it so that it is back to 16x9? maybe in compressor?

If you take an image into final cut that has an aspect ratio of 16X9 while working in 4X3 it will make the image anamorphic so it fits the window. What you need to do is double click on the clip in your timeline. In your motion properties go to distort and that is probably set at 0 and you will need to make that -33.33. That should do the trick. Or during your export you can just change the scale selecting 16/9 as your aspect ratio.
Cheers,
Jesse

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Was the SD media captured from a camera in FCP? How'd it get into your computer?
You may have to use the QT7 pro player to fix this. You should also be able to fix it if editing into a widescreen project. What format project are you editing in SD anamorphic or HD anamorphic? Edit the SD clips into the project and in the spatial conform for the clips set it to fill.

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Title: 4x3 DVDSP Menus from 16x9 anamorphic video
Goal: Create 4x3 scaled videos from 16x9 anamorphic asset
Asset: NTSC - CCIR 601 / DV ( 720 x 480 ) from Sony DCR SR-300
Solution:
Create a sequence; cmd-0 to see settings;
Turn on Pixel Aspect Ratio anamorphic 16:9 ( this makes the Canvas look like wide screen )
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Because:
Pixels are 16:9 so while 640x480 is in 4:3 ratio, the pixels are wide so the frame is wide
Meaningfully mnemonically: 480 is three-quarters of 16 so reducing the frame width to 480 gives you fewer pixels wide but the wider pixels push the outside dimensions of the canvas to the 4:3 you need for the DVDSP menu display.
Caveat:
When loading a clip into the sequence, say No to setting the Seq Settings to the Clip settings.
You've customized the sequence and you don't want the clip to change you sequence customization.
Verification:
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Then place them by the panel Overlay Creator (Web Content). Using the Content Viewer can not see it on your desktop. You'll have to climb the publication in the ipad to see the result.
Do not forget to retouch the css. Read this:
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In the tutorial I click on a clip in FCP, send it to Motion to edit, and even before I start editing, I preview it back FCP and the video is squished. The clip went from 16x9 to 4x3. Even when I follow exact instructions it does the same thing. What can I do?
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Mixing 4:3 and 16:9

Hi Guys
I'm working on a 16:9 project and I have new material shot with my Sony Z1E (16:9) and old material taken on a little Panasonic (4:3). On screen the Panasonic footage doesn't stretch to fit the screen. Will it all render to the same dimensions when I output or is the final movie going to jump between dimensions? Is there anything I can do?
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"I am of the opinion that if one is going to do something, one should do it right. Leave aspect ratios alone. If you need to mix two different ratios, then mix them correctly, leaving in the black bars. If you don't like black bars, then just don't mix aspect ratios."
And that is certainly an opinion. However, I have years of 4x3 footage that needs to be mixed with 16x9 for various clients, some of the clients can not afford to pay to go re-shoot the footage every time. Although I don't love it, it does have to be done from time to time. The trick is to do it as tastefully as possible, my opinion is that the black bars look like poo when the majority of the video is 16x9.
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Bottom Layer- "Scale to frame size", Fast blur to make it soft, and color graded to finish. I usually run it through MB Looks to tweak it a bit.
Just a different opinion, FWIW.
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I have over 20 GB of free disk space.
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Hi
a. If You use SlideShow in iDVD the limit is 99 photos per set.
b. What file types are You using in Your project
• video - streamingDV.mov or .avi, .wmv, .mp4 ?
• audio - .aiff or .mp3 - iTunes downloads etc
• photos - .jpeg or .bmp else
I only use first alternative
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Exporting issue

Long time lurker first time poster. You guys have solved almost every problem I've ever had with FCP. I've been searching for an exact answer and honestly I'm sick so I don't feel like reading through a ton of close answers to find exactly what I need. Here's what's going on.
The company I work for has been filming in 16:9 for a while now but has been still editing and exporting in 4:3. We decided recently to change everything to 16:9. We are filming on a XL2 in 24p 16:9. Editing on various machines but using FCP 5.1.4. Having issues exporting. None of us have had training we just learned by doing and I want to check what I've done and see if I'm missing something.
My process:
Import with DV NTSC 48hz Anamorphic
Sequence setting is 720x480 NTSC DV (3:2), Anamorphic is checked.
I edit as normal and have always exported as a Quicktime move in the past, would like to keep doing this. So now when I am exporting, tried current settings and it came out 4:3, tried the DV NTSC Anamorphic and it came out 4:3. But when I export using compressor I get 16:9 no problem. If it was just me doing the work I wouldn't care but I have people I work for that can't figure out compressor and I want to try and keep what they are use to for my sanity.
Anyone have any ideas as to why everything exports to 4:3 directly from FCP when I tell it not to?

Perhaps this will help. Here's a brief description of the two output formats:
DV NTSC
720x480 pixels
10:11 (0.9090) pixel aspect ratio
resulting picture size 4:3
DV NTSC anamorphic
720x480
40:33 (1.2121) pixel aspect ratio
resulting picture size 16:9
As you can see, both types of video have the +same resolution+. The only difference between the two formats is the pixel aspect ratio. Pixels on your computer monitor are square (1:1 pixel aspect ratio). A square 720x480 video actually has a 3:2 picture size (720/480 = 1.5). In a square world, a 4:3 picture would actually have a 640x480 size, and a 16:9 picture would have a 853x480 size.
When you play a movie on your computer, QuickTime can see that the file is 4:3 or 16:9 or whatever and compensate for that on your square-pixeled monitor. For 4:3 it will horizontally squish the video. For 16:9, it will horizontally stretch the video. To demonstrate this, click the oval at the top of your canvas window in Final Cut Pro where you select your view size %, and at the bottom of that pull-down menu, check and uncheck "correct for aspect ratio". It will squish and unsquish the video horizontally.
Your files are probably compressing and outputing properly as 720x480 from your quicktime export, but are just not being 'stretched' properly in QuickTime playback. You can open the movie in QT, as Nick suggested, change the display settings, and save the movie again. From there, the movie should display properly
All of this depends on what your delivery format is. If you're going back to DV tape, I would leave it DV NTSC anamorphic, and ignore what you see in quicktime. If you're going to post on youtube, or deliver the file by computer, I'd recommend recompressing as a square pixel movie.
Read about pixel aspect ratios here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelaspectratio
Also, read QuickTime Player Help topic on "Saving a Movie with Specific Playback Settings". If you change the default playback settings and then save the file, it should play back properly.

16:9 footage being letterboxed on widescreen tv. Why?

Footage shot in 16x9.
Edited in fcp in a 16x9 sequence setting.
Exported the movie and put in to compressor.
Encoded at 90min, best, 16x9.
Put in to dvdsp and menu and video is 16x9 letterbox, not pan/scan or anything else.
Video plays on 4:3 tv with letterbox.
Video plays on widescreen tv (two different tv's) with letterbox.
This just isn't right, but I can't figure it out. Thank you in advance

You can try a reinstall of the software (make sure to remove the receipts) and also you can try a new user first.
1.) Which players were you trying this on and did Apple DVD Player change to 16:9?
2.) If the DVD SP Pro screen switched to 16:9 then it is working properly and could be the player you are trying. Sounds like it did not switch to 16:9 when you opened it in Apple DVD Player?
3.) Also when did you set 16:9 Letterbox on the track itself and not as a general default?
Could be wrong, but do not recall this issue coming up before if the settings in Final Cut, the encodes and DVD SP were correct (people have had improper settings before.) It is computer software and things can get bugs, but it is worth looking. The project open up from the build file DID NOT open properly in Apple DVD Player? - which is why yu said you had drop downs?
If you can say exactly the workflow, from original source footage, settings in Final Cut, the exact version of DVD SP, your OS it may show where it is falling apart, other than a general issue with DVD SP (since it seems not 16:9 ever worked properly for you?)
1.) Running OS 10.4.11 on a PowerBook G4 733 (yes?) It could be the computer maybe out of spec for the version of DVD SP....
2.) Running Final Cut Suite/Studio version with Final Cut xxx (???) on the system
3.) The original material is x capture on a x camera as x type of footage
4.) Captured (how)
5.) Edited in a Final Cut sequence with the following settings:
6.) Exported from Final Cut as self contained/reference movie at what settings version
7.) Ran through Compressor and bitVice with the following settings
8.) Bought into DVD SP (which exact version)
9. Set the track itself to 16:9 Letterbox?
10.) Built project and it did or did not open in 16:9 prior to burning.
11.) If it played back properly at 16:9, then burned to what brand DVD
12.) Tried it on Brand and models of DVD Players and television, with proper settings on both TV and DVD Player (check settings)
Some of the things, like brand of media, probably would not affect this issue.
Have you tried a 16:9 project in iDVD with a small portion of the footage that is exported from Final Cut Pro and does that work properly? (You can make a disc image in iDVD and mount with disk utility and play in Apple DVD Player?)

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