<p>This answer assumes that the video that you're editing is already in a 16:9 ratio, otherwise when you export there will be black bars on the sides or above and below your video.</p>

<p>A 16:9 ratio is the standard for HDTV and Full HD. You're probably familiar with the Youtube video qualities - 360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p, etc. These are all 16:9. Therefore, all you have to do is export in one of these resolutions - 1080p is Full HD and 720p is HD.</p>

<p>For more reading on common aspect ratios, reference this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:9#Common_resolutions" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia page</a>.</p>

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2013-08-06T13:14:58.867Z
Thanks. I'm away from my FCP machine just now but will hopefully be able to have a look later on tonight.
Robert
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2013-08-13T20:20:28.730Z
Finally got a chance to fire up FCP and noticed it's in the initial project set up requester.
Robert
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2013-08-06T13:13:01.550Z
2013-08-06T13:13:01.550Z
Andrew Ng
<p>Apologies for the noob question but I've just started trying to learn FCP and couldn't find the settings to export my movie in 16:9 aspect ratio.</p>

<p>Can anyone tell me the quickest way to go about it?
(source material has a variety of different aspect ratios)</p>

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Export to wide screen (16:9) from Final Cut pro X
Robert
# Export to wide screen (16:9) from Final Cut pro X

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-08-06)

Apologies for the noob question but I've just started trying to learn FCP and couldn't find the settings to export my movie in 16:9 aspect ratio.

Can anyone tell me the quickest way to go about it?
(source material has a variety of different aspect ratios)

**Tags:** final-cut-pro-x, aspect


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-08-06. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

This answer assumes that the video that you're editing is already in a 16:9 ratio, otherwise when you export there will be black bars on the sides or above and below your video.

A 16:9 ratio is the standard for HDTV and Full HD. You're probably familiar with the Youtube video qualities - 360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p, etc. These are all 16:9. Therefore, all you have to do is export in one of these resolutions - 1080p is Full HD and 720p is HD.

For more reading on common aspect ratios, reference this [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:9#Common_resolutions).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks. I'm away from my FCP machine just now but will hopefully be able to have a look later on tonight.  
> **username_0**: Finally got a chance to fire up FCP and noticed it's in the initial project set up requester.  

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