Help with dimensions/sizing clarifications
Hello!
I'm at my wits end on this- when I used the FCP trial I got the dimensions correct so that when I import footage that is filmed on a camera (vertically) it can specifically be viewed on mobile. The footage imports horizontally, and all I did before was either use the transform function on each clip (or selected multiple clips on the viewer to the right and rotated 90º, then resized the clip so it fit the screen using the scale (all) function to 56% of the original video). Now when I try that and export my video, I have black bars on each side that I cannot get rid of.
I have tried duplicating the project and setting it to vertical, but that results in the video footage itself being very tiny. (even when I set the scale back to 100%). I've tried using smart conform, that doesn't work for me, it cuts everything off.
I've listened to Youtube videos, read about dimensions, and I'm so confused. I see that most of my clips are 1440 x 1080 when I clicked on the 'i' in the viewer (apart from one photo in the video that's 1284 x 2778). I also double checked that my project dimensions were the same, 1440 x 1080. I would really appreciate some help in knowing:
- How can I set the right dimensions for mobile without having to export a horizontal video (that results in black bars?)
- The difference between dimensions for zooming in/out on a video (which I assume that's what the scale does) vs. actually exporting in the right dimensions so the full video plays on mobile?
Thank you so much!