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16:9 Letterbox
Hi
I am about to finish a small movie. When i watch movies on my widescreen TV or monitor I see a black letterbox. My video is widescreen filmed in 1440×1080 with a Canon HV20. When I render it out do I have to add that letterbox or does it happen just because it is widescreen video?Also, what is the best format to render out using Final Cut Pro. Should I use Compressor?
Finally, I see that TV’s are usually 1920×1080 not 1440×1080. Should my video be rendered using it’s original resolution or the higher resolution becuase I though that high definition was 1920×1080 or 1280×720 said here in High Definition Display section:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television#High-Definition_Display_Resolutions
Thanks
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5 Replies
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Are you playing it back off of a DVD? Make sure your DVD player is set to play out 16:9.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
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Hi
Thanks for the replyI will be playing it off my computer. I may burn to a DVD in future.
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[Sam Rose] “Finally, I see that TV’s are usually 1920×1080 not 1440×1080. Should my video be rendered using it’s original resolution or the higher resolution becuase I though that high definition was 1920×1080 or 1280×720 said here in High Definition Display section:”
You are shooting “anamorphic” video which is 1920×1080 squeezed onto a 1440×1080 chip when recording and unsqueezed back to 1920×1080 during playback. That’s all done for if you choose the proper Easy Setup in FCP that matches your footage.
[Sam Rose] “When i watch movies on my widescreen TV or monitor I see a black letterbox. My video is widescreen filmed in 1440×1080 with a Canon HV20. When I render it out do I have to add that letterbox or does it happen just because it is widescreen video?”
If you are watching a DVD you made, it should automatically display letterboxed on a 4×3 SD monitor and 16×9 on a widecreen monitor.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
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Like it was mentioned before:
TV: Make sure your DVD Player is set to display for a 16:9 display. This is a setting in your DVD player. You have to tell it what kind of TV is connected to it.
PC: Your DVD player software will render the video appropriately based on your screen resolution dimensions. So if your PC display is 4:3 – you will see a letterbox. If it’s a “widescreen” PC display (most are 13:9 or 14:9) you will see a slight letterbox as well.
Videographer/Editor
Creative Director
Union Digital, Inc.
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I don’t know about HDef DVDs, but in SD dvds and anamorphic, I’ve had to tell DVDSP that the track utilizing the anamorphic footage is in fact a anamorphic track. Otherwise it had no way of knowing because SD is 720×480 regardless.
In Sam’s example of course his footage will have to be compressed to 720×480 anamorphic for SD DVD production.
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