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Letterbox – Scope on viewer
Hi
We have a project shot on RED – 4K.
The output will be 1:2.35 – Scope… It is NOT anamorphic.Is there a way to have DaVinci put bars on the videosignal so we can see the scope? – We need to reframe a lot of shots etc.
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Might not be correct, but the first thing that strikes me is the way you setup the timeline.
Set the monitoring output to your preferred setting (SD/720/1080/2K1080).
Set a given frame size for the timeline, and use this simple formula: width/2.35 = height
Then the rest of the magic is up to how you setup the scaling of your image in the Settings.I’ll give it a spin when I (should) be up for work again in the morning, in too few hours…
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I just tested this on a project with 2K DPX now. I set the timeline to 2048×872, and Input Scaling was set to Scale full frame with crop while the monitoring was HD 1080.
The image I got on my video monitor was then cropped – same goes for the viewer in the Color page.
Good luck with your project. 🙂
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Ola, I know you can also add black to an image using blanking and a little bit of math, in the output of the format tab. That appears on the color page and the output monitor as well. However, when I render out the blanking doesn’t seem to be baked into the output. I’m wondering if there’s a way to get that to render out, because there have been cases where 1.77 w/ matted file is preferable for the client to 2.40 cropped.
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I just tried what you said now.
In Format Page, I set the Blanking up and down to fit the cinemascope markers on my Panasonic video monitor, this had the same effect as what I did with the timeline resolution.
If you render with the resolution set to with/2,35=height – this is the exact resolution you’ll render to.
If you render with a normal resolution (say 2K or 1080p) and use the blanking, you get the same visual result, but the render is letterboxed. Output resolution must remain the same as the timeline. Only adjust the blanking.
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In the next dot update, you will be able to render out the blanking.
Regards,
Rohit -
Ooops, maybe I spoiled some beta info? 🙂 It does work with 7.0.3, though. Can’t say I know how that was in the previous version as I’ve never really been into that area of Resolve before.
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Clearly you are speaking from the future.
This 7.0.3 seems to be chock full of cool things I’m excited to see.
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When can we expect that next update?
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