640 x 360 titles

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640 x 360 titles

Just got Express because I a just cannot get Premiere to handle 640 x 360 quicktime from my camera.
Now to my horror I find Express can't handle 640 x 360 either. None of the presets recognise Quicktime and this is an Apple product!
The result is that Express can't make titles at 640 x 360 to match the quicktime import and so the export is distorted and creates a letter box effect.
Life is too short for this fiddlong about when will there be an upgrade or is 640 x 360 out of date?

1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 1Gb memory, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Feb 17, 2010 9:33 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Feb 18, 2010 1:28 AM in response to mikevr

There is no video standard that is 640x360. This is a type of square pixel widescreen standard definition. Only FCP will work with this and even that probably not well depending on the exact specifications of the video and audio. You'll probably have to convert the video to standard definition DV, or you might be able to edit it in iMovie.

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mikevr Author

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Feb 18, 2010 1:52 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thank you. I don't seem to have any control of the output from my Sony PD 150 it is two years old. It always comes out at 640 x360. If I use a 16:9 easy set up will one of the apple codecs work? Will the standard definition DV cause a drop in image when I export out at 640 x360. This is all for the web via quicktime. Thank you for your patience

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Tom Wolsky

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Feb 18, 2010 1:54 AM in response to mikevr

Where are you getting 640x360 from? This is a standard DV camera, isn't it? If you shot in 16:9 you use the DV Anamorphic preset to capture with sequence settings to match.

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mikevr Author

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Feb 18, 2010 2:36 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thank you again
Yes it is a DV camera. Previously I have been capturing directly into quicktime.
I am trying the amorphic pre set but when I try to import from Quicktime I just get an error message and it won't recognize the file. I think I may start again and use Capture direct from the camera.
Is this just me but shouldn't this be covered in the documentation Apple = QuickTime after all? The problem is IMovie is too simple and Express is still too complicated. Help much appreciated anyway

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Alchroma

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Feb 18, 2010 5:12 AM in response to mikevr

640 x360.

This size sounds like Mpeg4 stuff that comes off a Memory stick!!!
Just checking on this one.

The PD150 Shoots regular DV in 4:3 or 16:9 so should go directly into FCE capture like a glove.

Al

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mikevr Author

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Feb 18, 2010 5:33 AM in response to Alchroma

Al
Yes I have just tried to Capture for the first time. Obvious really but I have been using QuickTime Pro and really expected Apple to have sorted the input from one of its own products.
Anyway after a day wasting time trying to figure it out and then finally asking for help all seems OK.
If I set the Easy Setup (who said this was easy??) to DV-PAL Anamorphic and then capture I see a horribly distorted image, but I hold on and don;t givr up in horror for when saved I get a 1024 x 576 which is far larger than I want for the web but when I export using Quicktime conversion I can get my 640 x 360 Quicktime which does not look too badly affected by all the codec changes, or is that not important. 640 x 360 just fits perfectly on the web pages I am designing with nice file sizes streaming from MobileMe otherwise I would not be bothering with all this.
Am I finally on the right track?
Thanks

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