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VCAM Matt
07-09-2008, 10:43 AM
I have a slew of show intros and closers that were used when we were a 4:3 production house. We are now using 16:9 cameras, which have native 16:9 CCD chips and capture at 853x480 into the DDR.

I took the original graphics (640x480) and brought them into FCP to fill in what would be pillarboxes. I exported the intro as 853x480. The DDR sqeezed them vertically so the woman in the picture looks short and fat.

So I brought it back and accounted for the square to rectangular pixel issue, making the intro 853x533. Looked exactly the same.

Tried it again with 720x405. Same thing.

What dimensions do I have to create graphics in so that the DDR will display them properly in 16x9 mode?

VCAM Matt
07-09-2008, 12:46 PM
Never mind, figured it out.

Had to stick with the 720x480, but cxhoose the anamorphic setting in FCP. The cameras shoot 853x480, but VT5 still uses 720x480 anamorphic.

Looks great now.