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  • 16 x 9 to 4 x 3

    Posted by Dan Newton on February 5, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Hey

    I have a question — I have a video which is 16 x 9 FHA — but i need to convert it to 4 x3 with bars — so i make it into 720 x 576 but which bars do i use — 1:78:1 or 1:85:1
    in addition, if I have 16 x 9 with bars and had to convert that to 4 x 3 with bars which do I use
    the reason I am asking this is for television and some stations require that the format is 4 x 3.

    Please Help

    Bret Williams replied 16 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Rainer Wirth

    February 5, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    You set up a sequence in 4:3 and just pull you 16:9 clip into the 4:3 sequence. You project shows up with bars.

    Rainer

  • Ernie Santella

    February 5, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    “I am asking this is for television and some stations require that the format is 4 x 3. ”

    That scares me. This is 2010.

  • Bret Williams

    February 5, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    Yeah, because most people will be watcing it on a big 16:9 screen with his teeny tiny little rectangle in the middle. Who would watch that? Plus, the teeny tiny rectangle isn’t even HD.

    If you must output 4:3, drop it in a 4:3 sequence and do the work to pan and scan each shot and make it work as a real 4:3.

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