exporting anamorphic video from FCP?

[ehmjay]

Quick question,

I've edited a little video together. Everything was shot in 16:9 mode, captured with the "anamorphic" easy setup in FCP. The project is an anamorphic project and the canvas is in 16:9.

However when i export my video using the quicktime movie option (as i normally do) it exports as a 4:3 image...

How to I get it to export in the proper 16:9 format?

Thanks in advance

[Frobozz]

If you don't get what you need here try kenstone.net or the Final Cut Pro forum at discussions.apple.com. Those are the best sources I know for Final Cut Pro info.

[AntnyMD]

If you're exporting to a QuickTime movie (and not back to the camera), are you planning to make a DVD? Your DVD authoring program should ask you if its a 16:9 source or not. If for some reason it doesnt, author the DVD anyway ... Settop DVD players have a setting to stretch video to 16:9 proportions.

[ehmjay]

the problem is is that the exported quicktime file is not showing as a 16:9 file but rather a 4:3 file (pulls the 16:9 video to fill the 4:3 frame).

the only way i can get it to work properly is to export using compressor... which is fine in the end but is kind of a pain when i just want to create a quick preview file.

[Frobozz]

My brother had a similar problem with Final Cut Express. He encoded and authored a DVD disc image with Toast and then used MyDVDEdit to change the IFO to automatically stretch the playback to 16:9.

The problem my brother has is he is using a true anamorphic lens with his camera. My consumer DV camera has an electronic setting to create 16:9 video and Final Cut Express recognizes that properly. But with my brother's high-end gear the software doesn't understand how the video was shot. We've tried many things but changing the IFO seems to be the one that works.

[AntnyMD]

Well, if you can dictate frame size when you export from Final Cut (I cant seem to remember the steps right now), a DV video displayed as 16:9 in QuickTime is 853x480; an MPEG2 video file is 720x404.