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  • letterbox matte for moving stills

    Posted by Richard Blakeslee on July 10, 2008 at 10:27 pm

    Hello,

    I’ve searched the search area and I can’t find the answer. I know the answer because I’ve done it before.

    Question:

    I’m letterboxing my DV time line. I’ve added movement to my stills. I can’t crop them to letterbox because they are changing. I know I can make some kind of a matte — so the stills look letterboxed even thought they zoom in and out etc. Would someone tell me how do do this again? I’ll write it down this time. Thanks

    Richard

    Richard Blakeslee replied 17 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jeremy Garchow

    July 10, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    Make one in Photoshop or AE and plop it on top of all of your footage.

  • Steve Cohen

    July 11, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    I used 2 black slugs cropped to match my 16 x 9 shot footage.
    I but it over the entire show so if there are minor difference it doesn’t show.

    Steve Cohen
    Editor
    O2 Media Inc.

  • Richard Blakeslee

    July 12, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    Steve and Jeremy,

    Thanks for the tips. I did the Photoshop way Steve suggested.
    works great. I knew that — I think. I like the black slug idea also.
    That way it would always line up.

    cheers,

    Richard

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