Hi everyone...
I have a question for all of you video experts and hope you can help me answer it. I have all of my kids videos since birth and all the originals are shot in full screen (4x3). Most of all the newer TV's these days are widescreen (16x9) and I will be purchasing a widescreen TV very soon. So my question is...What will my DVDs that were shot in 4x3 look like on the widescreen Tv as far as in...will there be any bars at all and will the picture be pushed together? Also I have MANY tapes that I need to edit and make into DVDs yet, so if the original source is shot in 4x3...can I create a 16x9 version of this and if so, when would I set the properties to 16x9? After I capture the source footage...or...when I am making my "create video file"... or when I actually go to burn my DVD in the "create video disc"? I would be capturing to DV-AVI. Thanks in advance to all that respond.
Dan
Help With 16x9 Information
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Trevor Andrew
Hi
If you view your 4:3 on a wide screen tv it will probably look stretched.
But you can change the aspect ratio of your tv to match. Then the 4:3 will view in the middle with black bars filling the sides.
You can use VS to resize your 4:3 but I am not sure of the quality loss.
I am not exactly sure of the procedure but for starters:-
Start a new project
Set your project to 16:9
Insert your 4:3 video in the ‘Overlay’
Drag the edges to re-size, but keep aspect ratio.
Some of the top and bottom will be lost.
When I have a little more time I will have another look at the procedure
I think this has been posted on the forum before, do a search.
Trevor
If you view your 4:3 on a wide screen tv it will probably look stretched.
But you can change the aspect ratio of your tv to match. Then the 4:3 will view in the middle with black bars filling the sides.
You can use VS to resize your 4:3 but I am not sure of the quality loss.
I am not exactly sure of the procedure but for starters:-
Start a new project
Set your project to 16:9
Insert your 4:3 video in the ‘Overlay’
Drag the edges to re-size, but keep aspect ratio.
Some of the top and bottom will be lost.
When I have a little more time I will have another look at the procedure
I think this has been posted on the forum before, do a search.
Trevor
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sportswizdan
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Trevor Andrew
Hi Dan
You do not say how you are capturing your footage.
Analogue or digital.
If you capture to Dv-Avi via firewire from a digital camcorder you have no settings to worry about except selecting the Dv-Type as 1.
Capture your video as normal.
Once you have captured to 4:3, make sure your project properties match your captured files.
Now edit your project properties and changing the Aspect Ratio only to 16:9 (General Tab)
Place your video clips in the overlay track.
Click the clip to highlight, the preview screen shows your clip in the middle of the screen.
Right click the preview screen and select ‘Fit to Screen’
Right click the preview again and select ‘Keep Aspect Ratio’
You will lose some of the frame top and bottom.
Right click and choose the ‘anchor options’ Have a play to see which position is the best for your video.
You can drag the frame about, or use the arrow keys for fine adjustment.
Render the project to same as project settings. (which should be 16:9)
I think for good quality you may be best working in Dv-Avi format. Then render again to Pal/Ntsc-Dvd (mpeg 2) for burning.
Try the above out on any short video clip.
Let us know how it performs.
All the Best
Trevor
You do not say how you are capturing your footage.
Analogue or digital.
If you capture to Dv-Avi via firewire from a digital camcorder you have no settings to worry about except selecting the Dv-Type as 1.
Capture your video as normal.
Once you have captured to 4:3, make sure your project properties match your captured files.
Now edit your project properties and changing the Aspect Ratio only to 16:9 (General Tab)
Place your video clips in the overlay track.
Click the clip to highlight, the preview screen shows your clip in the middle of the screen.
Right click the preview screen and select ‘Fit to Screen’
Right click the preview again and select ‘Keep Aspect Ratio’
You will lose some of the frame top and bottom.
Right click and choose the ‘anchor options’ Have a play to see which position is the best for your video.
You can drag the frame about, or use the arrow keys for fine adjustment.
Render the project to same as project settings. (which should be 16:9)
I think for good quality you may be best working in Dv-Avi format. Then render again to Pal/Ntsc-Dvd (mpeg 2) for burning.
Try the above out on any short video clip.
Let us know how it performs.
All the Best
Trevor
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sportswizdan
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- Joined: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:51 am
I am capturing digital to Dv-AVI thru firewire and I do select type 1. Maybe Im not explaining myself well enough here. I want to take my kids DV tapes that are UN-EDITED and ORIGINAL and are shot in 4x3. I want to put them into the Video Track, like i did before. I then want to edit them and put effects and titles and music like I always did...BUT NOW...I want them to be rendered and burned to 16x9. Can I do this and have it be real 16x9 widescreen, even though my original footage is shot in 4x3? Will it be strecthed or pushed or will it convert to real 16x9? Also when would I change my properties to 16x9??? When I'm capturing, when I'm "creating my video file" or when I'm "creating my video disc" Hopefully this will clear some things up. Thanks again...Dan
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Trevor Andrew
Ok Dan
1/ Capture and Edit your video like you did before.
2/ Render the edited project to Dv-Avi (choose same as first clip 4:3) from Share create video file. To create a Dv-Avi
3/ Start a new project.
4/ Add the new Dv-Avi video file to the timeline.
5/ Make sure your project properties match your video file properties, with the exception of the Aspect Ratio, Change this to 16:9
6/ Continue with the procedure I posted earlier, from ‘’ Now edit your project properties and changing the Aspect Ratio only to 16:9 (General Tab)’’
1/ Capture and Edit your video like you did before.
2/ Render the edited project to Dv-Avi (choose same as first clip 4:3) from Share create video file. To create a Dv-Avi
3/ Start a new project.
4/ Add the new Dv-Avi video file to the timeline.
5/ Make sure your project properties match your video file properties, with the exception of the Aspect Ratio, Change this to 16:9
6/ Continue with the procedure I posted earlier, from ‘’ Now edit your project properties and changing the Aspect Ratio only to 16:9 (General Tab)’’
trevor andrew wrote:Hi Dan
Now edit your project properties and changing the Aspect Ratio only to 16:9 (General Tab)
Place your video clips in the overlay track.
Click the clip to highlight, the preview screen shows your clip in the middle of the screen.
Right click the preview screen and select ‘Fit to Screen’
Right click the preview again and select ‘Keep Aspect Ratio’
You will lose some of the frame top and bottom.
Right click and choose the ‘anchor options’ Have a play to see which position is the best for your video.
You can drag the frame about, or use the arrow keys for fine adjustment.
Render the project to same as project settings. (which should be 16:9)
I think for good quality you may be best working in Dv-Avi format. Then render again to Pal/Ntsc-Dvd (mpeg 2) for burning.
Try the above out on any short video clip.
Let us know how it performs.
All the Best
Trevor
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sportswizdan
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- Joined: Sat Mar 12, 2005 5:51 am
Trevor...
First of all, thank you very much for all of your help, I really appreciate it. My computer is in the shop getting a bigger hard drive, so I wont get it back for a couple of days yet, but then I will try that. One more question, In doing everything you stated above, I will probably be losing more quality of my original source by the time I finally burn my DVD, than when I was doing EVERYTHING 4x3 before, is this correct? Again, thanks, I just want to make sure I have all this stuff straight
Dan
First of all, thank you very much for all of your help, I really appreciate it. My computer is in the shop getting a bigger hard drive, so I wont get it back for a couple of days yet, but then I will try that. One more question, In doing everything you stated above, I will probably be losing more quality of my original source by the time I finally burn my DVD, than when I was doing EVERYTHING 4x3 before, is this correct? Again, thanks, I just want to make sure I have all this stuff straight
Dan