crop 4:3 video to be 16:9
Moderator: Ken Berry
I feel like I am talking to myself, but I do want to share the updates as I test them.
I was able to generate a 16:9 test, filling the screen from left to right, by using the overlay track, with nothing in the main track. I had to stretch the video to the edges, keeping the perspective by using the corners, and when it rendered it came out a 16:9 and cropped off the top and bottom. So it looks like I am there. I will have to generate a couple of RW disks to test the video quality, but it looks promising. There is one issue that caught me and made me generate a couple of test files. When you drop in the overlay track, UVS shows you a 16:9 box in the middle. That looks good, but it isn't really the whole screen. You have to stretch it all the way to the edges and ignore that box. It may mean something more once I generate the VOB files, but right now it appears as just a guide for filling in text overlays.
Thanks for everyone's help. I think I am close now. Next is to figure out how to spell check my posts.
I was able to generate a 16:9 test, filling the screen from left to right, by using the overlay track, with nothing in the main track. I had to stretch the video to the edges, keeping the perspective by using the corners, and when it rendered it came out a 16:9 and cropped off the top and bottom. So it looks like I am there. I will have to generate a couple of RW disks to test the video quality, but it looks promising. There is one issue that caught me and made me generate a couple of test files. When you drop in the overlay track, UVS shows you a 16:9 box in the middle. That looks good, but it isn't really the whole screen. You have to stretch it all the way to the edges and ignore that box. It may mean something more once I generate the VOB files, but right now it appears as just a guide for filling in text overlays.
Thanks for everyone's help. I think I am close now. Next is to figure out how to spell check my posts.
Bruce Bennett
VideoStudio 11+ (started with VS5)
PhotoImpact 12 (started with PI11)
VideoStudio 11+ (started with VS5)
PhotoImpact 12 (started with PI11)
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Trevor Andrew
Hi
You could try this, it should get over the borders createed by the filters.
First of all change the preview window background colour from black, you will then be able to identify the frame easier.
Start a new project, with 9:16 ratio.
Drag the 4:3 clip to the overlay track.
Right click and ‘fit to screen.’
Aspect ratio will be abnormal, your frame will stretch wide.
Move the whole frame downwards by dragging with mouse (Reveals the background colour)
Drag the frame top border ‘up’ to resize the frame,
Right click to select Anchor / centre-centre.
(you should now have lost some of the height to the visible frame.) Repeat until your aspect ratio looks ok.
Right click again to select Anchor / centre-centre.
If it looks ok render the project to same as project settings.
I haven’t tried this on a dvd but it should keep the 9:16 aspect ratio.
You could try this, it should get over the borders createed by the filters.
First of all change the preview window background colour from black, you will then be able to identify the frame easier.
Start a new project, with 9:16 ratio.
Drag the 4:3 clip to the overlay track.
Right click and ‘fit to screen.’
Aspect ratio will be abnormal, your frame will stretch wide.
Move the whole frame downwards by dragging with mouse (Reveals the background colour)
Drag the frame top border ‘up’ to resize the frame,
Right click to select Anchor / centre-centre.
(you should now have lost some of the height to the visible frame.) Repeat until your aspect ratio looks ok.
Right click again to select Anchor / centre-centre.
If it looks ok render the project to same as project settings.
I haven’t tried this on a dvd but it should keep the 9:16 aspect ratio.
Trevor,
Thanks, I did something very similar to what you are describing. I placed a color as the primary track on a 16:9 project. I placed my 4:3 clips on the overlay track and stretched them with the corners to retain the perspective. They surpassed the top and bottom borders of the 16:9 frame (just like I wanted) and then I placed the second one on the overlay track and did the same thing. I did not know about the right click options that you mentioned, that will have to be for the next project.
This one turned out just like I wanted the frame, but I did run into at least one issue that I did not like, but like everything else I learned from it. I found that you can't do transition effects on the overlay track. So next time my plan is to convert the clips individually to 16:9 and then use the converted clips in the new project so that I can get transitions. I love the Burger transitions.
I do want to thank everyone again for their comments and help.
Thanks, I did something very similar to what you are describing. I placed a color as the primary track on a 16:9 project. I placed my 4:3 clips on the overlay track and stretched them with the corners to retain the perspective. They surpassed the top and bottom borders of the 16:9 frame (just like I wanted) and then I placed the second one on the overlay track and did the same thing. I did not know about the right click options that you mentioned, that will have to be for the next project.
This one turned out just like I wanted the frame, but I did run into at least one issue that I did not like, but like everything else I learned from it. I found that you can't do transition effects on the overlay track. So next time my plan is to convert the clips individually to 16:9 and then use the converted clips in the new project so that I can get transitions. I love the Burger transitions.
I do want to thank everyone again for their comments and help.
Bruce Bennett
VideoStudio 11+ (started with VS5)
PhotoImpact 12 (started with PI11)
VideoStudio 11+ (started with VS5)
PhotoImpact 12 (started with PI11)