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Safe pan/crop/zoom percentage?
I shot in HD and would like to zoom in on a subject, cropping some annoying areas round the edges of the scene.
I understand that if I zoom/crop then I’m going to lose some resolution, but is there a ‘safe’ amount I can zoom without any obvious picture distortion/pixelation? The finished result will project on a (relatively) small cinema screen.
Just wondering if anyone’s done this and what advice you’d offer for this problem.
Thanks!
Sean James Sutton – an English actor & filmmaker in Italy.
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I was always told 10%.
How are you screening? Blu-Ray? DVD? I always tend to shoot in 1080 and deliver in 720 so doing post punch-ins is less of a worry.
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Thanks, Jack.
I think it’ll be sent on DVD to festivals and so on. I’m going to stick with 10% as it seems reasonable and do some masking where it’s not possible to close in enough.
Sean James Sutton – an English actor & filmmaker in Italy.
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