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Defining your General settings
4 If the Aspect Ratio Conversion list is available, such as when the video
output for an HD project is downconverted to NTSC or PAL, select one of
the following settings for the video output:
$ 16x9 Letterbox Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture in letterbox mode
by adding black bars at the top and bottom of the picture for display on a
standard 4:3 television screen.
$ Anamorphic Outputs the widescreen 16:9 picture as horizontally
compressed 4:3 video, which retains the picture’s full vertical resolution
for display on a widescreen television. To display the video with the correct
proportions on an NTSC or PAL monitor, select the 16:9 display setting on
the monitor.
5 If the Pulldown Method list is available, select the pulldown method you
want to be applied to your output video (
Standard 2:3 or Advanced
2:3:3:2
). You should select Advanced 2:3:3:2 only if you’ll be recording
to a DV-1394 device that supports this pulldown method. Depending on your
project’s frame rate and the current main SDI output format, a pulldown
method may automatically be selected.
6 Under Analog Output, you can specify your analog output format, NTSC
setup level, and output type:
$ Output Format Use this to specify whether you want the format for the
analog video outputs from X.linkLE to be the same as the main or the
secondary SDI output. If you’re working with an SD project or a 1080p @
24 fps project, however, the analog output format will be set to
Same as
Main SDI Out
.
$ Setup (NTSC) Select the setup level you want for your NTSC analog
video:
• 0 IRE Applies a setup level of 0 IRE. You should select this option only
when working with a commercial DV-1394 device that uses the Japanese
analog NTSC setup of 0 IRE. For example, if the video appears too bright
when you play back DV clips on your NTSC monitor, you can change
the setup to 0 IRE to output your DV clips at the correct brightness.
• 7.5 IRE Applies the standard NTSC setup level of 7.5 IRE.
$ Output Type Select the type of analog video output you want. If you’re
outputting SD analog video, you can select
Composite & Component, or
Composite & S-Video. If you’re outputting HD analog video, the analog
output type will be set to
Component (and the composite output will be
invalid).
7 Click OK to save your settings and return to the Project Settings dialog
box.
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