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Letter-boxing troubles…
Hey – I’m rather new to Creative Cow, this is my first post and I hope my question can be answered by some other user’s expertise.
Anyway, I’m in the process of developing a movie, and I’ve encountered an interesting issue. I’m making the movie with a resolution of 800 x 600, but whenever I import a video clip or a still picture that is also 800 x 600 (or a resolution of the same aspect ratio, such as 1024 x 768), Vegas stretches it horizontally and places two black rectangles above and below it, similar to letter-boxing on widescreen videos.
After some thought, I decided to experiment.
I made the following image in Photoshop (https://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3315/step15lc.jpg):
https://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7105/testborder7bb.png
It’s a 800 x 600 image with a red border along the outer edges.
I then created a project in Vegas, 800 x 600, and imported the image.
https://img253.imageshack.us/img253/944/step24en.jpg
As you can see, the image does not fill up the entire viewable 800 x 600 video area.
So I ask – is there some blatant option to disable this feature that I’m overlooking?
How can I get my 800 x 600 stills and video clips to fill the entire viewing area?
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide – I’d appreciate any answers.
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3 Replies
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In the Properties option (file – properties), set the pixel aspect ratio to 1.00 Square, hit apply, and it should look the way you want.
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Worked perfectly – I swear, I tried every other option >.< Thank you so much.
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Been there, done that myself 🙂
Glad that was the answer.
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