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Help with FCE 4.0

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*Fujative*
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Alright, I have FCE 4.0 and I have a Canon 5d MkII that shoots HD video. Im editing a video and when I go to export, it exports it as a 424x318.. Why? I can change it to 1920x1080 but I looks like crap. Any ideas?

Apr 13 2009 8:30PM
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Crock360
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are your capture settings correct?
Apr 13 2009 8:49PM
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eheath
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Yeah you might not be capturing correctly.
Apr 13 2009 8:52PM
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*Fujative*
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its not capture. the files are from a memory card, the Canon 5D shoots to a memory card, not film. The files play on my computer in hd.
Apr 13 2009 9:08PM
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eheath
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Hm interesting and you technically "capture" but its just transferring. Make sure your sequence settings are 1080i/p30p/i.
Apr 13 2009 9:21PM
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*Fujative*
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the sequence settings are not like that, how do i change them?
Apr 13 2009 9:59PM
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eheath
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Final Cut > Audio/Video settings > sequence settings and make it 1080/30
Apr 13 2009 10:40PM
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*Fujative*
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express doesnt have that, user pref and systems prefs and it is not in there
Apr 13 2009 10:52PM
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eheath
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Well its gotta be somewhere, i dunno what else to tell ya.
Apr 13 2009 11:17PM
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*Fujative*
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after googling the problem FCE only imports DV and HDV, you can change anything else. from the way it looks, because im not capturing and the video is not avchd, it will only recognize it at dv... time to get FCP...
Apr 13 2009 11:24PM
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Crock360
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I've used FC express for like 10 seconds in my life, but have had the full program for years. Anytime you create a new project, or even sequence file, it should prompt you to configure the frame rate settings. You're probably going with NTSC 29.97, but like it was said above you want 1080, or 720 24p,60i,30p etc. I dont know what frame rates your camera is working with.

When you pull the footage off your camera, are you dumping it to your harddrive first, or just importing straight into final cut?
Apr 14 2009 2:33AM
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Mooserz
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oh this is really gonna fuck me over....
Apr 14 2009 6:09AM
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