And hotels - don't forget them! They advertise "we have wide screen TVs" and then stretch the image... making the TV pretty much unviewable.
Just a little pet peeve of mine :-) David On Jan 31, 2008 4:56 PM, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here are your choices: > > 1) Use a 16:9 sequence and decide what portion of your 4:3 footage > you're going to show, full-screen. > 2) Use a 16:9 sequence and use your whole frames of 4:3 footage with > black bars on either side. > 3) Use a 4:3 sequence and decide what portion of your 16:9 footage > you're going to show, full screen. > 4) Use a 4:3 sequence and use your whole frames of 16:9 footage with > black bars on the top and bottom. > > Alternatively, you could do what televisions do and use a 16:9 > sequence and stretch your 4:3 footage horizontally to reach the edges > of the frame. That's what happened when you go into sports bars and > the players look "fat" on the screen. I don't recommend that AT ALL, > but it *is* an option. > > Bill > BillCammack.com > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd like some advice as to how to work with 4:3 and 16:9 in the same > > project on FCP. > > > > All of our old stuff is 4:3 our new stuff is 16:9. > > > > Our blip player is embedded at 16:9, and cropped real tight to keep > > it very neat and clean looking: http://k9disc.com for an example. > > > > So, I started a project in FCP. I changed the settings to regular > > NTSC in Log and Capture, but did not set the project settings in the > > A/V tab under the FCP menu. > > > > So, my footage was 4:3 but the sequence was 16:9. > > > > I'm waiting on an encode right now of a 16:9 aspect ratio letterboxed > > if necessary. > > > > I have 2 16:9 clips in the movie, our standard intro and outro. > > > > So... > > Is it going to work? > > > > How can I plan for this in the future. It's bound to happen again. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ron Watson > > http://k9disc.blip.tv > > http://k9disc.com > > http://discdogradio.com > > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- David King davidleeking.com - blog http://davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
