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— 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.
— Super Scale: Sets a very processor-intensive and high quality upscaling algorithm that actually creates new pixels for the resized image. The possible values are None, 2x, 2x Enhanced, 3x, 4x, and Auto.
Clip-Specific Scaling Settings
There’s an additional set of Scaling and Resize Filter settings, available in the Video Inspector for selected clips, that provide the same options as those found in the Project Settings window, except that they let you choose settings that will be specific to a particular clip. These are valuable for situations where the project-wide scaling setting is working for most clips, but you have a handful of specific clips that would benefit from individual settings.
Edit Sizing in the Cut and Edit pages
The Video Inspector contains 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.
The Transform parameters in the Inspector of the Edit page