Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1748)

Appendix C Working With Anamorphic 16:9 Media 397
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Viewing and Editing Anamorphic Media
Final Cut Pro has the ability to properly display anamorphically captured material at the
correct 16:9 aspect ratio directly on your computer display without rendering.
Generators and transitions such as the oval and star iris are correctly shaped, and all
motion effects automatically take the 16:9 aspect ratio into account.
When you edit anamorphic 16:9 media, the following apply:
 All non-16:9 media added to a 16:9 sequence is adjusted to match the pixel aspect
ratio.
 In the Viewer and Canvas, the default setting is “Show as Sq. Pixels” in the Zoom
pop-up menu. This properly adjusts anamorphic 16:9 content for viewing on the
computer’s display.
 Final Cut Pro sets the anamorphic bit in each DV frame rendered or played back.
Specifying Sequence Settings for Anamorphic Media
When you use anamorphic media in a sequence, the Anamorphic option needs to be
enabled in its sequence settings so the media can be viewed properly. There are two
ways you can do this:
 Choose a sequence preset that has the Anamorphic option turned on, then create a
sequence.
 Create a sequence, then turn the Anamorphic option on for that sequence.
This should be done before adding any 16:9 clips to a 16:9 sequence. If a 16:9 clip is
edited into a 4:3 sequence (the Anamorphic setting is turned off ), the clip is scaled
to fit in the 4:3 frame, which requires rendering. If the sequence is then changed to
16:9 without first removing the edited clip, the scale attributes applied to the clip
still remain.
To turn the Anamorphic setting on after you’ve created a sequence:
1 Open the sequence in the Timeline.
2 Choose Sequence > Settings.
3 Select the Anamorphic 16:9 checkbox, then click OK.
Check this box
to turn on the
anamorphic
setting.