TJ Skywasher

Q: Final Cut Pro X Exported Video Size

I've recently bought Final Cut Pro X and use it for editing videos before uploading to YouTube.  I used to export my videos from iMovie as a .mov file to my hard drive to then manually upload to YouTube.  There doesn't seem to be this option in Final Cut, so I've taken to using the YouTube share feature but it never uploads so I just manually upload the .mov file that it saves somewhere in the Final Cut shared files folder.

 

The problem I have is that I export a 720P file so assumed that the video size would be 1280 x 720, it always was with iMove.  I've found that Final Cut spits out the video at 1248 x 702 and this is quite annoying as it sometimes cuts off the top and bottom of a video.  Is there any reason why it does this or any way to get it to export at the correct display size?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1), 2.4GHz, 4GB Ram, 320GB HD, 256MB Gr

Posted on May 14, 2012 2:24 PM

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  • by snappler,

    snappler snappler Aug 28, 2012 12:40 AM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Aug 28, 2012 12:40 AM in response to TJ Skywasher

    any resolution to TJ skywashers problem here ? TJ did you find a fix, or know what was causing this issue?

  • by TJ Skywasher,

    TJ Skywasher TJ Skywasher Aug 28, 2012 4:07 AM in response to snappler
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    Aug 28, 2012 4:07 AM in response to snappler

    I never found a fix, using the built in export presets I still get the odd display size. In the end I downloaded Compressor and set up a few of my own Export options, it works doing it that way and I get the video at the full display size.

  • by snappler,

    snappler snappler Aug 28, 2012 5:14 AM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Aug 28, 2012 5:14 AM in response to TJ Skywasher

    I purchased FCPx yesterday for my retina pro, If I experience the same outcome i`ll post it. I have compressor as well.

  • by DanyaInstiute,

    DanyaInstiute DanyaInstiute Dec 5, 2012 9:29 AM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Dec 5, 2012 9:29 AM in response to TJ Skywasher

    I get an error message that the upload fails, that the video may be too long to export to youtube.

     

    The thing is, we have a non-profit account, so have been successfully uploading very long videoes to youtube for awhile (but not with FCPX).  Would be nice to be able to use FCPX directly without having to create a mp4 and then uploading it from youtube.  However, I can't figure out a workaround.

     

    thanks in advance

  • by Dezs,

    Dezs Dezs Feb 1, 2013 12:59 PM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Feb 1, 2013 12:59 PM in response to TJ Skywasher

    Hello!

     

    I have exactly the same problem that TJ Skywasher has! I've been working with FCP Studio since a plenty of years, i don't think i mess up anything with exporting.

     

    Any solution?

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Feb 1, 2013 2:06 PM in response to Dezs
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    Feb 1, 2013 2:06 PM in response to Dezs

    This thread is more than six months old. What exactly is your problem and what software version are you using?

  • by TJ Skywasher,

    TJ Skywasher TJ Skywasher Feb 1, 2013 2:13 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Feb 1, 2013 2:13 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    I still have the original issue and never got it resolved, but hey ho. Ended up creating my own export options in Compressor so it exports the video at the correct dimensions.

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Feb 1, 2013 2:32 PM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Feb 1, 2013 2:32 PM in response to TJ Skywasher

    The dimensions you list in your first message are correct.  If the display size isn't right on your computer screen you just have to make it larger. I don't know what your doing but Compressor is working correctly outputting standard 720p media.

  • by TJ Skywasher,

    TJ Skywasher TJ Skywasher Feb 2, 2013 8:14 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Feb 2, 2013 8:14 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    It still has issues, various settings I've tried when exporting still give a video size smaller than the video format. I export at 1920 x 1080 and that's the format the video is in but the actual video size is 1888 x 1062. For things such as screencasts it's annoying because it chops the top, bottom and sides off the video, only a small amount but it's noticeable. I've managed to get one setting in Compressor to work where it outputs the video at full display size, ie. 1920 x 1080 and everything appears okay. But when uploading to YouTube I get a message flag up saying it should ideally be optimised for Fast Streaming, any option I use that does that cuts the video down as above. No idea why it's doing it.

  • by TJ Skywasher,Solvedanswer

    TJ Skywasher TJ Skywasher Feb 2, 2013 8:57 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Feb 2, 2013 8:57 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    I've cracked it, at last. Took a fair bit of googling around over 6 months on and off whenever I've looked into the problem but at long last I've solved it!!!

     

    In Compressor there is a tickbox option on the various export options available or if you create your own custom setting called Add Clean Aperture Information. If this is ticked it will auto hide the edges of your video resulting in the smaller video image size that I've been getting. All I did was untick this and export a video to test it and it works perfectly, my videos are now viewable at the full pixel size. I'm not sure how users of Final Cut Pro X can get around this using the built in presets, but anyone using Compressor can simply create or modify an export option by unticking the Add Clean Aperture Information box.

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Feb 2, 2013 10:14 AM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Feb 2, 2013 10:14 AM in response to TJ Skywasher

    The actual size depends on your computer screen. Is the resolution and the screen size large enough for 1920x1080? YouTube playback will set the aperture correctly. I've never seen YT exceed the screen size, regardless of the screen resolution.

  • by TJ Skywasher,

    TJ Skywasher TJ Skywasher Feb 2, 2013 10:43 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Feb 2, 2013 10:43 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Well I'm using a Retina display so it'll more than handle 1080P.

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Feb 2, 2013 11:11 AM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Feb 2, 2013 11:11 AM in response to TJ Skywasher

    It's a laptop. The screen isn't big enough.

  • by TJ Skywasher,

    TJ Skywasher TJ Skywasher Feb 2, 2013 11:15 AM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Feb 2, 2013 11:15 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

    more than big enough, I can view and edit the video at it's full resolution pixel for pixel in Final Cut Pro. The display has 3 million more pixels than full 1080P so it's more than capable.

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Feb 2, 2013 11:30 AM in response to TJ Skywasher
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    Feb 2, 2013 11:30 AM in response to TJ Skywasher

    Retina pixel count is irrelevant to video, which has exact standardized dimensions. Open a 1920x1080 video in the QT player. Open the movie inspector. What does it say? Look in the View menu. Can you set the video to actual size?

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