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  Safe pan/crop/zoom percentage?

  Posted by Sean Sutton on April 11, 2012 at 9:32 pm

  I shot in HD and would like to zoom in on a subject, cropping some annoying areas round the edges of the scene.

  I understand that if I zoom/crop then I’m going to lose some resolution, but is there a ‘safe’ amount I can zoom without any obvious picture distortion/pixelation? The finished result will project on a (relatively) small cinema screen.

  Just wondering if anyone’s done this and what advice you’d offer for this problem.

  Thanks!

  Sean James Sutton – an English actor & filmmaker in Italy.

  Sean Sutton replied 14 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jack Guthrey

  April 11, 2012 at 9:38 pm

  I was always told 10%.

  How are you screening? Blu-Ray? DVD? I always tend to shoot in 1080 and deliver in 720 so doing post punch-ins is less of a worry.
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  Sean Sutton

  April 16, 2012 at 9:21 am

  Thanks, Jack.

  I think it’ll be sent on DVD to festivals and so on. I’m going to stick with 10% as it seems reasonable and do some masking where it’s not possible to close in enough.

  Sean James Sutton – an English actor & filmmaker in Italy.

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