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4:3 to 16:9 (Letterboxing) Without Image Degradation
This may not be the right forum for this question, but thought I’d pose the question just the same: Does anyone out there know of an app that transforms non-anamorphic DV material shot at 4:3 to 16:9 WITHOUT just cutting off the top and bottom of the frame and losing all those valuable, indispensable little pixels in the process? Since I believe the Pana DVX100a does this digitally, perhaps there’s some software that does it after the fact.
Thanks,
Bill Buchanan
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4 Replies
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What you describe is impossible. To get from 4:3 to 16:9 you must lose part of the picture. The Panasonic camera just crops the picture, unlike other anamorphic systems.
Ina any event After Effects will do a better job than FCP, picture-quality-wise
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Adam: I was afraid it was, but thought I’d ask anyway, since what might be impossible today, might not tomorrow. Thanks for the response.
Bill
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Not a matter of possible/impossible, just a matter of simple geometry. Think about it: How can you change the aspect ratio to a wider ratio without cropping or stretching the picture?
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If you want to do it *before* shooting, you can buy/rent an anamorphic adapter. Century Optics makes one; lets you shoot anamorphic 16:9 on a standard DV camcorder (GL1, VX100, e.g.), using the full image.
-jeff
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