Hello. I've edited before, but I've never come across this screen height icon that won't let me see the entire screen. Has anyone else encountered this? I know it's probably something simple, but it's there, and I can't get rid of it (and I can't see the text screens I'm creating).
Thanks.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13
Your project is Vertical (1080x1920), and you have a Horizontal clip inside it. The clip is automatically scaled to Fit inside the frame - leaving a lot of empty space at the top and bottom.
Do you actually want to create a vertical video?
If not, then press Command-J to open the Project Inspector, then click "Modify" and change the frame size of your project. The clips will automatically adjust.
Your project is Vertical (1080x1920), and you have a Horizontal clip inside it. The clip is automatically scaled to Fit inside the frame - leaving a lot of empty space at the top and bottom.
Do you actually want to create a vertical video?
If not, then press Command-J to open the Project Inspector, then click "Modify" and change the frame size of your project. The clips will automatically adjust.
If we are indeed talking about the Viewer in FCP, and Fit gets you only 40%, that is because of the space currently available on your screen.
That will depend on the screen resolution, but also on how you have your Final Cut Pro interface. You can drag vertically to give more space to the viewer instead of the timeline, for example. You can close the Inspector, and you can even close the browser if you are not needing it at the moment. All of those will make more space for the Viewer.
Or perhaps we are not completely understanding the problem.
Note that, for example, if you are editing 4K and your screen resolution is smaller than that, there will need to be some scaling to show the whole thing.
Perhaps a screenshot would help clarify.
I can't get rid of it
Click inside viewer →shift+Z
Has the screen returned to normal?
Picture height icon?!
Perhaps if you could post a screenshot of what you are seeing it will be clearer just what you mean.
Just as a wild guess... maybe you just have the viewer zoomed in too far.
If that is the case, just go to the little menu on the top right of the viewer and choose "Fit".
Also, note that the scaling you are changing there between 40% and 100% is only for how the Viewer is displaying on your screen, it is not changing the actual video.
The problem is that mismatch of aspect ratios.
Your vertical video has a lot of black (or actually empty) space - it is this shape (I made a red rectangle to make it more apparent):
Thank you for your help. Yes, the icon has disappeared, but the image has gotten quite small. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid, but I never had to choose between the icon and a 40% image in the past. I appreciate your input, though.
Thank you for your help. As I mentioned it another post, the icon disappears, but the image gets quite small (40%). There has to be an easy fix thatI'm just too inexperienced to recognize.
Is there a chance this is happening because I shot the footage on a iPhone in cinematic mode? I've always used a Black Magic camera before.
Here are two screenshots (40% and 100%). With the 100% you'll see that icon I was mentioning.
Again, thank you.
You were a huge help, Luis. Thank you!
How do I get rid of the picture height icon in Final Cut Pro?
