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Is this possible or do I have to restart everything all over?
I have finished a project of 18 minutes long for a client that includes footage letterboxed in 4/3 because it was initially meant to be projected on a LED wall at the Brussels Autoshow.
The project went well and the client is so thrilled that he wants copies of the 18 minute reel in 16/9 for the showrooms of his dealers.
And this is the catch …
How do I translate the 4/3 timeline in which the 16/9 clips are scaled down to match the 4/3 aspect ratio to 16/9 without having to redo the entire edit?Tell me this is possible because the initial edit took days to complete and I am on a tight deadline.
The help of all the gurus in this forum would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Marc
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6 Replies
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My first try would be to open a new 16×9 project, import the existing project and remove the scaling, leaving the rest of the editing intact. That would give you maximum quality with limited effort.
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Harm’s suggestion would be mine as well.
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
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Thanks guys !
I’ll definately give that a try!
Why didn’t I anticipate this?
Is there any way in the future to make a dual project, say like a 16/9 timeline and a 4/3 timeline inside the same project?Would be a nice feature I think, but the question is is it technically doable ?
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Currently not with Adobe software, but technically it is doable (but possibly only on a sequence by sequence basis), since DVDLab Pro allows for mixed time lines.
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I edit in 16:9. Then, if I need a 4:3, I just import it into a 4:3 project and let the edges get cut off. That might mean that I need to pan a little left or right to get the best part of the 16:9 frame into the 4:3 frame. But pretty much, I can get a good frame just by cutting off the edges.
Steven
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…keeping in mind that all these changeovers do create some rendering…
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
http://www.classondemand.net
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