I've got a 16:9 question

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:01 pm

I just checked VS8 and did not find a Pan and Zoom filter, so I assume it did not exist in VS7 either.

Regarding your 4:3 images with bars on top and bottom, is the aspect ratio screwed up also (images tall and thin)? If not, and the image is 16:9, I think that you can do the same thing. But the Pan and Zoom filter will have to act on a video clip that has been converted to a 16:9 property in order to offer you a 16:9 cropping mask.
John

lbecque · Post by **lbecque** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:40 pm

jchunter wrote:Regarding your 4:3 images with bars on top and bottom, is the aspect ratio screwed up also (images tall and thin)?
....But the Pan and Zoom filter will have to act on a video clip that has been converted to a 16:9 property in order to offer you a 16:9 cropping mask.
John

No, the aspect ratio is OK. Its a 16:9 image within a 4:3 display with black bars at the top and bottom saved in the file.

Since I don't have VS9 yet, how do you convert the clip to 16:9 property?
Is it as simple as changing the clip's properties?

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:33 pm

Just put your clip in the timeline, click on SHARE/Create Video file and using custom settings, set all properties to match those of your video file except Frame size, which you set to 16x9. The resulting video file can be checked with Power DVD. Don't use Windows Media Player to check widscreen aspect ratio because it stretches VS9's widescreen video further than it should. I don't know which product has the bug.
John