3:55:1 anamorphic overlay

[joshelgar]

Hello allwould anyone be able to help me out

 

I'm going to be making a short film using my proskar 2x anamorphic lens, problem is it doesn't focus to less than 1.5m and I'm going to be making it on the cheap and for some of the close up shots I'm thinking of using my 50mm, but there lyes the problem of not having or unable to use a 3:55:1 anamorphic crop mark overlay I've found ,for FCP7. I've tired to make the white transparent in Photoshop but it just wont work. Would anyone be able to help me out?
 

 

Thanks

 

Josh

[Hans Punk]

The 'white' area is already transparent, it is a .png file with an alpha channel.

All you need to do is import it into FCP and place it above your footage on the timeline.

[froess]

Hello Josh,

 

Just download the link at the end of this article.

 

http://vashivisuals.com/every-filmmaking-aspect-ratio-for-free/

 

You have all sorts of aspect ratio guides to help you.

[joshelgar]

Hello, sorry for the late reply, yeah I normally just out it over the clip in FCP but the white isn't transparent for some reason. 

Thank you both though! I really appreciate it!

[Hans Punk]

Hello, sorry for the late reply, yeah I normally just out it over the clip in FCP but the white isn't transparent for some reason. 

Thank you both though! I really appreciate it!

 

 

 

It's been years since I touched FCP.

I suspect what may be happening is that FCP is not nativity recognizing the alpha (transparent) section, so you will have to tell it to do what you want - i.e keep black, see through white.

 

Click on the crop mark overlay in your timeline to select - then go to the modify option in your menu bar. There, go down to "alpha type" and choose "straight"

 

That should work.