Exporting HDV as Full HD at DVinfo.net

Jeroen Wolf · March 25th, 2015, 03:56 AM

I have some old HDV footage (1440 x 1080, 25p) I want to export as 1920 x 1080, 25p without black bars on the top and bottom.

I remember HDV footage playing back as full HD without bars back in the days of FCP 7 when you'd tick 'anamorphic' and something magical would happen.

Anyone know how to do this in FCP X?

Jeff Pulera · March 25th, 2015, 07:31 AM

Hi,

Not a Mac user - Premiere on PC - but in any case, HDV footage in a 1080 project or export should never have letterboxing - the vertical resolution of 1080 lines is the same. You might get "pillarboxing" which is bars on the sides, since 1440x1080 comes out to 4:3 if the software does not respect the 1.333 Pixel Aspect Ratio. Adobe does this automatically, so one can simply put HDV footage into a 1920x1080 Sequence, or export as 1920x1080, and it always looks fine, full screen. Can't believe that FCPX would not also do this automatically.

Have you tried it?

Thanks

William Hohauser · March 25th, 2015, 06:58 PM

FCPX does do this automatically unless the footage has been altered in some way. HDV is natural 16:9 and FCPX will recognize it and import it correctly. 720 will be converted to 1080 when brought into a 1080 timeline.

Jeroen Wolf · April 3rd, 2015, 09:40 AM

Sorry, my bad, it was 720 x 576 anamorphic... I didn't even consider that the Z1 not only shot HDV...

Bill Davis · April 5th, 2015, 11:10 PM

If you look down a way in your inspector display after you highlight any storyline asset, you'll find a setting for Spacial Conform. You can set an asset to Fit, Fill, or simply use the spacial flag it arrived with.

This can set up imported assets fill out a raster that's not the same as your storyline.

Alternatively, you can cut and paste an entire storyline into a NEW project that you're set up to have the raster that you want.

X gives you a lot of flexibility in this area.

Good luck.

March 25th, 2015, 03:56 AM	#1
Jeroen Wolf Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 355	Exporting HDV as Full HD I have some old HDV footage (1440 x 1080, 25p) I want to export as 1920 x 1080, 25p without black bars on the top and bottom. I remember HDV footage playing back as full HD without bars back in the days of FCP 7 when you'd tick 'anamorphic' and something magical would happen. Anyone know how to do this in FCP X? __________________ www.imaginevideo.nl Just published the second of my viral mini-doc series '100' https://youtu.be/ZqHFBrV-oOc

March 25th, 2015, 07:31 AM	#2
Jeff Pulera Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 691	Re: Exporting HDV as Full HD Hi, Not a Mac user - Premiere on PC - but in any case, HDV footage in a 1080 project or export should never have letterboxing - the vertical resolution of 1080 lines is the same. You might get "pillarboxing" which is bars on the sides, since 1440x1080 comes out to 4:3 if the software does not respect the 1.333 Pixel Aspect Ratio. Adobe does this automatically, so one can simply put HDV footage into a 1920x1080 Sequence, or export as 1920x1080, and it always looks fine, full screen. Can't believe that FCPX would not also do this automatically. Have you tried it? Thanks __________________ Jeff Pulera Safe Harbor Computers

March 25th, 2015, 06:58 PM	#3
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	Re: Exporting HDV as Full HD FCPX does do this automatically unless the footage has been altered in some way. HDV is natural 16:9 and FCPX will recognize it and import it correctly. 720 will be converted to 1080 when brought into a 1080 timeline. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

April 3rd, 2015, 09:40 AM	#4
Jeroen Wolf Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 355	Re: Exporting HDV as Full HD Sorry, my bad, it was 720 x 576 anamorphic... I didn't even consider that the Z1 not only shot HDV... __________________ www.imaginevideo.nl Just published the second of my viral mini-doc series '100' https://youtu.be/ZqHFBrV-oOc

April 5th, 2015, 11:10 PM	#5
Bill Davis Trustee Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Posts: 1,538	Re: Exporting HDV as Full HD If you look down a way in your inspector display after you highlight any storyline asset, you'll find a setting for Spacial Conform. You can set an asset to Fit, Fill, or simply use the spacial flag it arrived with. This can set up imported assets fill out a raster that's not the same as your storyline. Alternatively, you can cut and paste an entire storyline into a NEW project that you're set up to have the raster that you want. X gives you a lot of flexibility in this area. Good luck. __________________ Classroom editing instructor? Check out www.starteditingnow.com Turnkey editor training content including licensed training footage for classroom use.