In Snapz Pro, I capture a movie with 9:16 aspect ratio, thinking that 4:3 will soon be outdated by the new HD widescreen format. In Final Cut Pro, I've always used the easy setup of DV NTSC, which takes movies and shows them as 4:3 ratio. I want to work with my Snapz movie, seeing it as 720 x 480, but of course it is not HD. Or is it? What setup would be best in FCP?
I've always been confused about the DV NTSC setup anyway, which does export QuickTime movies as 720x480. I have been resizing them in QuickTime Pro as 640 x 480, which seems to work fine on the computer. Maybe my problem is the difference in movies between what I capture using a miniDV camcorder and what I capture using Snapz.
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QUOTE(CarolingWholeo @ Jan 30 2008, 06:24 AM) 
In Snapz Pro, I capture a movie with 9:16 aspect ratio, thinking that 4:3 will soon be outdated by the new HD widescreen format. In Final Cut Pro, I've always used the easy setup of DV NTSC, which takes movies and shows them as 4:3 ratio. I want to work with my Snapz movie, seeing it as 720 x 480, but of course it is not HD. Or is it? What setup would be best in FCP?
I've always been confused about the DV NTSC setup anyway, which does export QuickTime movies as 720x480. I have been resizing them in QuickTime Pro as 640 x 480, which seems to work fine on the computer. Maybe my problem is the difference in movies between what I capture using a miniDV camcorder and what I capture using Snapz.
I've always been confused about the DV NTSC setup anyway, which does export QuickTime movies as 720x480. I have been resizing them in QuickTime Pro as 640 x 480, which seems to work fine on the computer. Maybe my problem is the difference in movies between what I capture using a miniDV camcorder and what I capture using Snapz.
I think it's because TVs use a different pixel shape than computer monitors. IIRC, TV's use a rectangular shape, and computer monitor's use square pixels. Because of this 720x480 on your TV is the same as 640x480 on your Mac.
If you want to produce nice 16x9 video, try capturing your video in Snapz to something like Apple's ProRes 422 in 1280x720 or 1920x1080 (this assumes you have Final Cut Studio 2 installed). If you want to keep the file sizes small, use the DV NTSC Anamorphic in FCP. That preset produces 16x9 video in standard definition.
CarolingWholeo,
Sorry for missing your post!
jesuitx,
Thanks for responding! Your answer is much better than what I could provide
Sorry for missing your post!
jesuitx,
Thanks for responding! Your answer is much better than what I could provide
FWIW, I don't like to leave the Animation Codec until the end. I record full screen (usually 1440x900 on MBP). Import that into FCP project. Control-click on file in Browser and choose Make Multiclip Sequence. Open that Sequence and edit (it chooses the right frame size and codec). When done, I compress with Compressor, choosing the 800 Mbs H.264 preset, changed to 50% frame size (ends up 740x450). Looks very good, decent file size.
QUOTE(CarolingWholeo @ Jan 30 2008, 06:24 AM)
In Snapz Pro, I capture a movie with 9:16 aspect ratio, thinking that 4:3 will soon be outdated by the new HD widescreen format. In Final Cut Pro, I've always used the easy setup of DV NTSC, which takes movies and shows them as 4:3 ratio. I want to work with my Snapz movie, seeing it as 720 x 480, but of course it is not HD. Or is it? What setup would be best in FCP?
I've always been confused about the DV NTSC setup anyway, which does export QuickTime movies as 720x480. I have been resizing them in QuickTime Pro as 640 x 480, which seems to work fine on the computer. Maybe my problem is the difference in movies between what I capture using a miniDV camcorder and what I capture using Snapz.
I've always been confused about the DV NTSC setup anyway, which does export QuickTime movies as 720x480. I have been resizing them in QuickTime Pro as 640 x 480, which seems to work fine on the computer. Maybe my problem is the difference in movies between what I capture using a miniDV camcorder and what I capture using Snapz.
I've worked out a workflow that I'm pretty happy with (I'm doing 840x525, but you could easily substitute 720x480 in the Sequence Settings). Details and a sample output are here:
http://podcasts.eusd4kids.org/users/frankmaggi/blog/
Email me if you have questions.
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