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  16:9 to 4:3 inside Media Composer

  Posted by Armen Grigorian on August 28, 2008 at 7:41 pm

  We have a project where the original footage is being provided to us in 16:9 standard definition anamorphic format. The project will be delivered to the client in both 16:9 anamorphic as well as 4:3 center cut. Is there a way in Media Composer to do a center extraction of the 16:9 footage to output a 4:3 image (i.e. cut off the 16:9 on the left and right to get a 4:3 image area)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thanks in advance.

  Stephen Rogers replied 17 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Hancock

  August 28, 2008 at 8:18 pm

  Pan and Scan under the Reformat group of your effects palette.

  Set your source to 16:9 anamorphic, and your target to 4:3. Render if necessary.

  Michael.
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  Stephen Rogers

  September 11, 2008 at 8:25 pm

  I had been wondering about this myself, good tip.

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