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Old December 3rd, 2008, 12:24 PM   #3
William Holland
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to clarify...

1) You say you want to export an HDV file: that would be a 16:9 image, squished into a 4:3 1440x1080 container. But you say you get a 'square' image .... could you clarify? And ...is the file you are outputting indeed 1440x1080?

Right. I tried exporting 16:9, but I'm getting an almost square image. I did capture 1440 x 1080, and it looks that way in the timeline.

2) You say that square pixels in a 1280x1080 container gives you a "proper HDV aspect ratio". Do you mean it has the proper ratio as filmed (16:9) or as stored in HDV format (4:3)? In either case, I'm unsure how it can look "proper" at 1280x1080 - have black bars been added as letterboxing?

Ok. I want to export a master that is in 16:9. I'm not sure if I need it to be 1280 x 1080 or 1440 x 1080 to achieve this. I'm referring to proper aspect ratio as filmed (aka, I want to capture what I shot and have it come out looking that way in a hi-res file on output)

Just as a general comment, check that your PARs (pixel aspect ratios) are set correctly both for the imported footage (right click on the clips in the project bin and look at 'interpret footage') and also in your export settings.

Thanks! I will check that out.
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