Bottom line of video is distorted on 3 different TV's ?

[shellken]

Just finished a remix of our 20 year old wedding video. Turned out great except for the very bottom line which is distorted. I know this is supposed to be covered up when viewing on a regular TV. I tried 3 TV's and it shows on all. Any adjustment I can make to the video? Thanks.

[pdunn]

Did you re-capture it off VCR, or was it already digitised ?

I've had a couple of VCRs fold over the bottom few lines. I've got round it using the CROP video filter.

[Black Lab]

On an older TV that line should not appear. However, if you are looking at it on a new LCD or plasma you may very well see it. I would agree that using the crop filter would probably be the best way to hide it.

[shellken]

I captured the video from our original VHS tape using a Canopus external firewire box. I used Windows DVD maker to capture then imported over into VS. I think the crop filter is exactly what the doctor ordered, I will give it a try. Thanks.

[pdunn]

I'm only on VS9, and it's not possible to apply a filter to all clips at once - a real failing as far as I'm concerned in VS. The way I do it is to render the video, then apply the crop filter to the MPEG file, then re-render.

Hopefully this omission has been fixed in later versions.

[Black Lab]

I'm only on VS9, and it's not possible to apply a filter to all clips at once - a real failing as far as I'm concerned in VS. The way I do it is to render the video, then apply the crop filter to the MPEG file, then re-render.

Hopefully this omission has been fixed in later versions.

You can apply a filter to all clips at once with a little work around. Save your original project as a VSP. Then open a new project and insert your original VSP, which acts like one entire video clip. You can then add a filter to the entire thing.

[pdunn]

Thanks Jeff - I've done quite a lot of work where I've applied filters to the entire project and that will certainly speed things up in future.

Peter