Final Cut Pro editing of existing media

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Final Cut Pro editing of existing media

Hey everybody, newbie post. I've started using Final Cut Pro to put together some videos involving cuts from multiple professional films. Now, I'm importing the films as 1920x1080 mp4 files. When they are in the preview section it looks great, very crisp as intended. When I put it in the timeline, it doesn't look terrible, but there is definitely some loss in quality.

The thing that is confusing me here though is that when I export, I have tried every possible combination and nothing is adding up to the original quality imported into the project. I've added a letter box effect to the video, but I'm not sure if that would have an effect on the videos quality.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Posted on Dec 9, 2018 3:25 AM

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DE23111 Author

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Dec 9, 2018 3:41 PM in response to DE23111

Is it because the original videos dimensions are 1916x1076 and the project is set to 1920x1080? Is that causing a stretch resulting in a slight loss of quality? Do I need to instead match the project resolution to the source's resolution?

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DE23111 Author

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Dec 9, 2018 11:16 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Now, the first image is what I believe to be the clip settings, the second image are the project settings. And thanks for the quick response.

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 9, 2018 3:52 PM in response to DE23111

That would be best.

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DE23111 Author

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Dec 9, 2018 3:57 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Okay, I'll try that. Thank you. any other tips for the best possible quality export?

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Dec 9, 2018 8:37 AM in response to DE23111

What are the clip and project settings?

Select one clip in the browser, press command-4 to open the inspector and post a screenshot.

What are the project settings? (same thing).

If your project does not match the clips, this may happen - for example you may be enlarging the clips way over 100% if you put SD clips in an HD project.

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