In VS10+ can a 4:3 video clip be cropped to 16:9?

[jamworld]

Hey everyone Happy New Year.

Is there a way in VS10plus to take some 4:3 elements I have and incorporate them into a 16:9 project by cropping them and not distorting them or having black areas - "letterboxes" - on the sides of the image.

If not, is there some clever workaround, some other program, shareware or freeware that can do the job?

Can it be done in MediaStudio Pro? I'm almost ready to to take that step up anyway so I can have more than one video track for more controlled dissolves and multiple superimposed images. Is that the way to go do you think?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

Jeff Mandel

[Black Lab]

Can it be done in MediaStudio Pro? I'm almost ready to to take that step up anyway so I can have more than one video track for more controlled dissolves and multiple superimposed images.

VS10+ does have multiple video tracks and you can have multiple superimposed images.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Jeff

Yes you can change 4:3 to 16:9 using Video Studio

The top and bottom of the 4:3 will be cropped.

The project properties should be 16:9

Use the distort function in the main video track.
Attributes tab¡Xtick distort

Or use the overlay track.

In both cases right click the preview screen select

Fit to screen

Right click the preview screen select

Keep aspect ratio.
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Read my guide to 16:9 a look at widescreen from the link below

Hope this Helps

Trevor