My frame size on play back has suddenly got narrower and I can't change it

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My frame size on play back has suddenly got narrower and I can't change it

I'm relatively recent to final cut pro 10 but I've edited several projects recently, they all automatically went to wide screen and when I exported them, the video filled the entire screen. This week I edited a new project and exported it and now there is a black frame around the video instead of it filling the screen. I then noticed that on my older projects the playback screen on final cut pro filled the entire window in widescreen and then on this new project it didn't, but instead two grey strips on either side made it wide screen.

So now anything that I export does not fill the screen. I can't find anything that helps me change back the settings. I don't even know how it changed in the first place, any suggestions welcome.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 8, 2014 5:47 AM

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Answer 1

Russ H

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Apr 8, 2014 6:01 AM in response to tomwardthomas

The software is designed so that the first clip edited to the timeline will determine the project properties – including the frame size and shape – unless you specify custom. If you edit a 4x3 clip into a 16x9 timeline, it will not fill the frame. Instead you willmget bars on each side which is called pillarboxing.

When I create a new project here is what I get for choices:

Final Cut will set automatically.

Or I can use Custom settings and set them myself.

You can also verify that the settings are what you want in the Share dialog when you export.

Russ

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Answer 2

Apr 8, 2014 6:08 AM in response to tomwardthomas

*made it non widescreen*

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Answer 3

Apr 8, 2014 6:13 AM in response to Russ H

Thanks Russ, is that on final cut 10? When I start a new project it doesn't give me those options. The first clip on the time line is actually a wide screen clip from the same collection of footage as the other stuff that I edited before, so surely it should have the same frame settings? Unless it's too do with the subtitle title that actually precedes the clip? Although the title is not on the timeline it's above.

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