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Scrambled overlays HDV to SD-letterbox
When I render (or preview) a HDV designed project down to an SD-Letterboxed format, many of my overlays get scrambled (wrong size, wrong locations, etc.).
There is a workaround, but it slows the render process considerably. If I work with the veg-file of the HDV project, inside of a 4:3 DV project, all is properly proportioned and placed. And, of course, I can render this and get the correct results. But, slows my CPUs and overall render time.
If I render within a project, my CPUs (core 2 duo) run at near 100%. If I render a veg-file, they slow to around 65%
Is there a way to convert my 16:9 HDV project to DV letterbox—keeping the overlays in place—without having to work with the veg-file version?
If I simply which the HDV project settings to DV-widescreen, all overlays stay in their proper place, but I am left with thin black borders on each side.
I hope that this question makes sense.
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Well, I see that I big part of my problem is that some of my overlays had DV (720 pix) origins. I did not have their Pan/Zoom settings on a 16:9 base. So, that fix keeps all of them inline during the 16:9 to 4:3 letterbox conversion.
But, I am still having problems with the cropouts that have 16:9 HDV origins (a cutout from a portion of a 16:9 scene overlayed on another full 16:9 scene). I don’t yet fully understand the mysteries of the Pan/Zoom tool. When I frame my “cutout”, I lose my 16:9 Pan/Zoom base. This is fine, except when I want to make convert the whole HDV project to a 4:3 letter box DV.
Is their a good source to better explain all of the functions of the Pan/Zoom tool?
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I have found a workaround, but there has to be an easier way to do this.
I can effectively “crop” a portion of an HDV clip, and place it over a full 16:9 solid-color background AND maintain its correct size/position when converting this project to a 4:3 letterbox DV, if I do the following:
Reduce the crop-image height in the Tracking function, as well as position it horizontally.
Then, blind the crop-image’s sides with 2 new tracks of the same solid-color background. I position one solid-color blind on the crop-images right side and one on its left—using the horizon controls of the Tracking function. This, hides the two sides of overlay image so that it “appears” cropped.
This will hold size/position-wise when I convert this HDV project to 4:3 letterbox DV.
I cannot crop the sides of the 16:9 image in the Pan/Crop tool, because I must maintain the Pan/Crop tool’s 16:9 aspect base. At least, I have not figured out how to crop and maintain this 16:9 base. But, if the 16:9 Pan/Crop base is not maintained, it will not convert propertly to 4:3 letterbox.
I hope that this explaination makes sense. There must be others who are also cropping and overlaying images AND converting their HDV project down to 4:3 letterbox DV.
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