Micr. AVI files

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Micr. AVI files

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Inserting iphone and clips from other mobiles into VS - but they are all 'phone shaped' clips - eg, small, narrow. I obviously can 'stretch' them at the sides to fill the screen but naturally will look bloated. Is there a special natural settings i can do to solve this problem?

On another note, not certain how i want my final projec too look...widescreen or not...what would you recommend? for todays tv's is it best to adjust frame, 16.9?

And, i see on EDIT FORMAT FILES, im using 'mpeg' would quality be better if i switched it too Microsoft AVI files?
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Re: Micr. AVI files

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It would be much better if you turned your phone sideways when you filmed - why do phone users hold them upright - look at your TV - is the screen higher than it is wide - no - it is wider than high - landscape it is called

now you have it there is not a great deal you can do - if you want to see all of the image then there is no option but to have huge borders each side of your video (you can disguise or colour them but not lose them) . You can enlarge the whole image - not just stretch it side to side that will seriously distort the image - but enlarging the image will lose over half of the picture of the top and/or bottom of the screen - it is a decision for you depending on what you think looks best - as that means zooming in then you may well suffer a serious quality loss

if you have a 16:9 TV then yes set your video for 16:9 otherwise you will have even bigger borders both sides or distort the video to fit

in general .avi files are better quality than mpeg but you will have bigger file sizes - also depends on how you are going to get them on your TV - a standard DVD required mpeg - and some TV's will not show .avi direct - so some research on your TV is required

your final video may well look like this
phone in widescreen.PNG
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