Standard def to HD playback

[Daniel Low]

What kind of monitor is it? Most can be set to not change the aspect ratio is thats the problem.

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[Andy Mees]

As Daniel notes, the monitor can likely offer some solutions. It can probably be set to center cut the 4:3 source and therefore provide a full screen aspect correct playback of your 4:3 source, although that does mean that 25% of your image will be cropped, 12.5% each from top and bottom. Alternatively the monitor might be able to stretch the 4:3 source so as to fill the full 16:9 screen, but then the aspect will be wrong ie everything will be distorted, folks will be short and fat, circles will become ellipses etc The only real solution is to create a pan and scan 16:9 version of your edit. That way at least you get to control the cropping and framing on an individual shot by shot basis.

[Daniel Low]

Actually the monitors I use can be set to display 4:3 as-is, but obviously with pillarboxing. No loss of picture at all.

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[Andy Mees]

I hear you D., but Kay already specifically noted that that was not wanted
[Kim Mckay] “I”ve had the problem of the 4:3 inside the 16:9 as well and you know that looks very bad!”

[Daniel Low]

but Kay already specifically noted that that was not wanted

Specifically? – Kim didn’t mention not wanting pillarboxing….

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[Andy Mees]

Heee … yes indeed, Daniel, you have it in a nutshell. Its all about effective communication and, where thats lacking, interpretation.
If reckon if we can figure this one out we should be ready for interpreting the bigger stuff, like Hong Kong’s Basic Law, The Deed Sea Scroll, heck, even the Qur’an 🙂

No worries
Andy

[Kim Mckay]

Thanks guys, we screened it “windowbox” instead…

[Daniel Low]

That’s a new one! – Is that somewhere between letterbox and pillarbox?

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