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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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TJ Skywasher Author

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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.

snappler

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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.

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

Dezs

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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?

Tom Wolsky

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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?

TJ Skywasher Author

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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.

Tom Wolsky

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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.

TJ Skywasher Author

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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.

TJ Skywasher Author

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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.

Tom Wolsky

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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.

TJ Skywasher Author

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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.

Tom Wolsky

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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.

TJ Skywasher Author

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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.

Tom Wolsky

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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?

Tom Wolsky

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Feb 2, 2013 11:42 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Just to add, if you can set it to actual size you are not using the optimal retina display in Display preferences. And even if you set Display to the highest resolution it doesn't fit properly because the computer screen aperture is different from the video. All this of course has absolutely nothing to do with the video file that's produced and the way YouTube displays it. Also the QuickTime player does not behave correctly when the retina screen is not set to its best setting. Basically what you're complaining about is how you see it in the QT player and not the way any one else views it on YouTube or a Blu-ray player or Apple TV or any other delivery mechanism, unless you're assuming that your viewers are all using the QT player on a retina screen with a non-optimal setting. Maybe that is the case.

Final Cut Pro X Exported Video Size