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Creating a 16×9 project from 4×3 picture without quality loss?
I have heaps of photo’s that are at least 2000 x 1500 pixels. They are all at or near 4×3 ratio. I can easily make a video using these into a 4×3 project without loosing quality when using the pan crop tool. But what happens if I wished to output then at 16×9? As I understand things I can only make this ratio if I use the track motion tool & using this tool will reduce picture quality. Does this loss of quality occur with every use of track motion or only if the starting pictures are already at your video output resolution which in my case is Pal 720×576.
If I can still use track motion without loosing quality I will mean that every picture is cropped. I suppose the best way to do this would be to set up several tracks each with different settings & drop each picture on the appropriate track. Some tracks would crop both top & bottom while others would crop just top or bottom. Any ideas?
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You’d be better off using Pan Crop, which will work with the original resolution of the pics.
If you set project properties to widescreen, you can then open pan crop, right click on the image and select “Match Output aspect”. This will give you the widescreen aspect, and you may need to move the frame up or down to select the best view. (There is a tool at the left which will restrict movment to up/down only.)
Now, Ctrl C that second event to copy to clipboard. Assuming all the other clips are there on the same track, select the next event, right click and select “Select Events to end”. Now, right click again on the second event and choose “Paste event attributes”.
This will apply the same widescreen crop to all the other pics, and all you need to do is go through and adjust the cropped frame to where you want it.
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Thanks Peter
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Just re-read – Ctrl C is for the FIRST event, then copy to the rest ….
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