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1080p letterbox
Hello,
I’ve noticed that on a lot of 1080p videos online there is letterbox/black border at the top and bottom of the footage.
When I’ve filmed and exported anything in 1080p I don’t have this box. Is this a creative choice on their part? Surely they must be cropping the top and bottom of their footage to achieve the effect?
Unless I’m missing something entirely!
Thanks in advance.
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5 Replies
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Yes, very often letterboxing is a creative choice.
1080p video is 16:9 (“widescreen”). If you like to have “super-widescreen”, like 2.35 : 1 (cinemascope) or even wider you have to letterbox your video in a 16:9 composition, since most platforms like Youtube or Vimeo don’t natively support those aspect ratios.
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[Peter Burger] “like 2.35 : 1 (cinemascope) or even wider “
Just for clarity; in terms of pixels, the width is the same – it’s the height that is different.
Liam Hall
Director/DoP/Editor
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Thanks, Liam, for bringing that up!
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Thanks for that! It was frustrating me not knowing why some videos were like that and some weren’t!
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*Update Vimeo now accepts letter boxing.
DP/Editor/FCPx_Gregore
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