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High Resolution 4:3 video?
Hi,
I know very little about aspect ratio and have created a 640 by 480 (4:3) composition, but it seems too low a resolution. I am trying to achieve a similar visual effect to that of films such as Fish Tank and Wuthering Heights (2011). I usually film in uhd and downscale to 1080, and I scaled down the footage to fit the 4:3 composition but it seems a lower resolution or like I’ve lost much of the image quality.
Here’s an example of my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSM5eM5liW8
For this example I edited in 4:3 and exported to 1080 for youtube so that you can see it, but I think that’s going about it in the wrong way.
Any suggestions appreciated (and also any general cinematographic suggestions because I’m not very experienced)
Thanks
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3 Replies
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640×480 is standard definition video with an aspect ratio of 4×3. 1920×1080 has a 16×9 aspect ratio and is HD. Based on your question it sounds like you exported at 640×480, then upscaled back to 1080 when you compressed for YouTube. You took out a ton of resolution when you went to 640×480, which is why you lost image quality. If you want a 1080 video with a 4×3 aspect ratio you would have to put your sequence settings at 1440×1080.
@ericstrand11
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Perfect! I didn’t realise 1440×1080 was 4×3. Thanks a bunch.
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You’re welcome. If you needed to figure out a different resolution, take your height/3 * 4. So in this case 1080/3 = 360 * 4 = 1440.
4/3 = 1.33
1440/1080 = 1.33@ericstrand11
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