Final Cut Pro 6 - Specifying Sequence Settings for Anamorphic Media

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Specifying Sequence Settings for Anamorphic Media

When you use 16:9 anamorphic media in a sequence, you need to select the Anamorphic
option in the Sequence Settings window. There are two ways you can do this:

 Choose a sequence preset that has the Anamorphic option turned on, then create

a sequence.

 Create a sequence, then turn on the Anamorphic option for that sequence.

Make sure you turn on the Anamorphic 16:9 option before you add any clips to your
sequence. If a 16:9 clip is edited into a 4:3 sequence, the clip is scaled to fit in the
4:3 frame, causing the clip to be letterboxed. If the sequence is then changed to
16:9 without first removing the edited clip, the Scale and Distort parameters applied
to the clip still remain.

To turn on the Anamorphic option after you’ve created a sequence:

1

Open the sequence in the Timeline.

2

Choose Sequence > Settings.

3

Select the Anamorphic 16:9 checkbox, then click OK.

Select this checkbox
to turn on the
Anamorphic option.

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