16:9 squeeze?

[Brian Sinks]

Your Vegas veg project should be set (FILE>PROPERTIES) to “NTSC DV (720×480, 29.970fps)”.

If so, it sounds like your video clip is set to 4:3 so: right click on the clip (in PROJECT MEDIA), select PROPERTIES, and change the PIXEL ASPECT RATIO to “1.2121 (NTSC DV Widescreen)”.

It should automatically letterbox the video.

Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma

[William Busby]

[Phillip Byrd] “Avid does it by applying an effect to individual clips.”

Actually, in Avid all you have to do is apply it to an empty upper track.

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

In Vegas, you simply set the PAR on the events or project.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST
Aerial Camera/Instructor
Certified Sony Vegas Trainer

[Phil Byrd]

The advice about Avid works fine. But when I follow recommendations about Vegas, the picture just gets taller and narrower. I tried a 0.75 frame in job properties. That looks fine in the Vegas window.

But when it came time to render out, it was still 4×3 anamorphic.

I’m thinking radio is a whole lot easier. Nobody cares about aspect ratio in radio.

Any advice is welcomed. And if you’re near Montclair, NJ, I’ll buy you a beer.

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

Open widescreen project.
Set PAR to 1.212.
Done.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST
Aerial Camera/Instructor
Certified Sony Vegas Trainer

[Brian Sinks]

If everything was okay in Vegas until you rendered, it could be your render settings were set to 16:9 or maybe you had the “Maintain Aspect Ratio – Do not letterbox” checked.

What type of render are you doing? Maybe MPEG2?

Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma

[Phil Byrd]

Thanks. I’ll check my render settings.

In the meantime, when following DSE’s instruction, applying 1.2121 pixel size, the image is letterboxed on the sides, not to and bottom. So my image that is tall and skinny gets taller and skinnier.

I’ve been successful doing a .75 pixel size. But still having problems with render. So I’ll give it a shot.

Thanks again.