10-11-2006, 02:16 PM

Apple have failed to help me here so this is a last resort. I have an 2Ghz intel Core Duo Mac with 10.4.8. running 2GB RAM. I am an experienced iMovie user and have recently upgareded my video camcorder to record on 16.9. Its a Panasonic 3CCD NVGS500. The image quality is great. The problem. On opening a new project in iMOVIE I click on "DV Widescreen". I Movie opens as Widescreen NTSC however when the camera is turned on it reverts to DV PAL standard format. I then import clips and iMOVIE automatically letterboxes all clips resulting in the final full screen being reduced significantly. Any ideas - this is clearly a conflict somewhere. I cant accept its a problem with the new camera. One option would be for me to use final cut instead - but I prefer iMOVIE.
regards

10-12-2006, 11:37 AM

is your came PAL or NTSC?

in iMovie preferences change project frame rate to 25 (if its PAL) or 30 (for NTSC). then create new project and choose DV widescreen.

hope it helps. I can't think of anything else

10-12-2006, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MAC-simus

is your came PAL or NTSC?

in iMovie preferences change project frame rate to 25 (if its PAL) or 30 (for NTSC). then create new project and choose DV widescreen.

hope it helps. I can't think of anything else

10-12-2006, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by 10B

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10-13-2006, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by deus_ex_machina

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