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14:3 or 16:9
Hello,
Probably a silly question for most of you but i am still confused about this. I have some video which is filmed in 4:3. In final Cut i have set the project as 4:3 and i have burnt as 4:3
When played on a flat screen tv you will see a square picture with black around it.
If i switch the tv to 16:9 then the image takes of course the whole screen but it is distorsed (enlarge), which makes sense.
What should i do to watch the film taking the whole screen withour beeing distorsed ? I have tried in final cut to set the project to 16:9 and rendered thw whole sequence and then burnt as 16:9 but it still looks enlarge,…
Or when you film in 4:3 you are condened once you have filmed in 4:3 ?
Do you know a good site where i could read about this to clear my doubts ?Thanks
David
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5 Replies
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Hi Daid,
If your picture is 4×3 it can never fit in a 16×9 screen without distortion.
you will need to add lateral bands to fill the screen (Pillarbox).
The same happens if you want to put a 16×9 picture in a 4×3 screen; you have to add black on top and under the picture (letterbox).
if you want to fill the screen in both cases without putting black and without distortion, you need to zoom the picture. In both cases part of the picture will be cropped.
rafael -
To convert 4:3 to 16:9 you need to “center cut” the video. Scale it up 133.33%. You will, of course, lose 25% of the top and bottom of the image. You may need to “pan and scan” on a shot by shot basis to re-frame shots that no longer look right (cropped heads, etc.).
Just know that your image quality will suffer since you are “blowing up” your video. Anything past 115% begins to fail the “acceptable” quality level for me.
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You control how the video is displayed when you author the DVD.
Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta -
Hello,
Thanks everyone for your replies.
Chris, I have tried in IDVD to burnt as 16.9 and as 4.3 to compare but if i burn as 16.9 it will show a little bit expaned, which makes sense.
So, after this experience, considering that all normal tv nowadays are flat widescreen tvs, should i always shoot in 16.9 to avoid distorsion when publishing ?Kind Regards
David
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[david rodriguez] “So, after this experience, considering that all normal tv nowadays are flat widescreen tvs, should i always shoot in 16.9 to avoid distorsion when publishing ?”
That is the trend.
rafael
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