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Output Image Scaling Project Settings
Another group of settings found in the Image Scaling panel of the Project Settings lets you
optionally choose a different resolution to be output, either via the Deliver page, or via your
video output interface for monitoring or outputting to tape.
In particular, if you set the “Resolution” in the Render Settings panel of the Deliver page to
something other than the timeline resolution, these settings are used to make the change. This
is useful in situations where you’re mastering a high resolution 4K project, but you want to
monitor using an HD display, and you plan on eventually outputting HD resolution deliverables
in addition to the 4K deliverables for which you want to use different Scaling and/or Resize Filter
settings that work better at the lower resolution.
Match timeline settings: This checkbox is turned on by default so that these settings
mirror the Image Scaling and Input Scaling settings described above. Turning this
checkbox off lets you choose different settings to be used when monitoring, outputting
to tape, or rendering, using the other settings below.
Output resolution: Lets you choose an alternate resolution for monitoring and delivery.
You can also set this from the “Resolution” drop-down menu of the Video panel in the
Render Settings of the Deliver page.
For “X x Y” processing: Lets you specify a different custom alternate resolution.
Pixel aspect ratio: Lets you specify an alternate pixel aspect ratio to match the
alternate timeline format.
Mismatched resolution files: Lets you choose an alternate way of handling mismatched
resolution files that works better for the alternate resolution you’ve chosen. These
options work similarly to those of the “Input Scaling” group. For example, for an HD or
UHD resolution project you may have the Image Input Scaling set to “Scale Full Frame
With Crop” so that all Standard Definition resolution files are center-cut to eliminate
blanking. However, if you’re using Output Image Scaling to create a Standard Definition
deliverable, you may want to set the Output Image Scaling > Mismatched resolution
files setting to “Scale entire image to fit” in order to letterbox all HD or UHD resolution
clips, while preserving the original aspect ratio of the SD clips.
Edit Sizing in the Cut and Edit pages
The Cut and Edit pages share a set of Transform parameters with which you can alter clips in
the Timeline. These parameters operate independently of the Input Sizing controls found in the
Color page. Separate Edit sizing controls serve a number of different functions:
They’re convenient for editors and are easily animated for creating motion graphics
effects right on the Cut and Edit page timelines. They also keep editor transform
adjustments separate from colorist transform adjustments, for a clear division of labor
and responsibility.
Edit sizing parameters also store incoming transform data from imported AAF and
XML projects that come from other applications, so that imported transforms are kept
separate from adjustments made by colorists and finishing artists.
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