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Why am I getting these bars at the top and bottom?
I’m creating a music video for a class I’m taking. I shot the singer in a studio with my dslr at 1920 x 1080p, 24fps.
For the backstory of the video, I was not able to shoot any actors, so I got some stock footage. To save money, I purchased and downloaded the stock footage that was 720 x 480.
I then decided to make my project 720 x 480 to match the stock footage I got.
Now when I either view it, render to RAM, or simply render it, there are these ugly light-colored bars at the top. (Please see images below.)
How do I remedy this?
I tried the Match Output Aspect and Match Source Aspect in the Event Pan/Crop to no avail.
Can someone explain the difference between Match Output Aspect and Match Source Aspect and when you would use these options?
Thank you.
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[Ron Whitaker] “I then decided to make my project 720 x 480 to match the stock footage I got.”
It looks like you might have an FX applied that is causing this or an overlay on a track that has the wrong aspect. There is no way Vegas would do this on it’s own because of aspect problems. If there was an aspect problem, you’d either see black bars or the track below showing through but those shots look like an overlay.
Also, I would upscale the SD footage to 1080 and not compromise your DSLR footage. Maybe meet in the middle with 720p if the SD looks really bad at 1080? This is where plug-ins like BCC UpRez can help.
[Ron Whitaker] “Can someone explain the difference between Match Output Aspect and Match Source Aspect and when you would use these options?”
Match Output Aspect matches the crop to the project. For example, if your project is 16:9 it will create a 16:9 crop regardless of the aspect of the source.
Match Source Aspect matches the crop to the source. For example, if your source is 4:3 it will crop to 4:3 even if your project is 16:9.
~jr
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Thanks for your reply.
I’m going to have to stick with the 720 x 480, just to save $.
Actually, I fixed it. What I did was went into the Pan/Crop of each event clip and deselected the Lock Aspect Ratio button at the left and drug the top/bottom lines up or down to adjust them and it resized the clip so that the bars no longer showed.
I also put the Project Properties aspect back to the original source aspect that I shot on my camera of 1920 x 1080.
So, from a workflow standpoint, when you import your footage, should you make the Project Properties aspect the same size as your original footage, and all footage and generated media that you create thereafter?
And then when you go to render, what is a good rule of thumb? Can you then render to any size you wish?
Thank you.
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[Ron Whitaker] “Actually, I fixed it. What I did was went into the Pan/Crop of each event clip and deselected the Lock Aspect Ratio button at the left and drug the top/bottom lines up or down to adjust them and it resized the clip so that the bars no longer showed.”
While that may have worked this time… I would never deselect Lock Aspect Ratio. You really should get your aspect ratios correct to start with but I understand that you didn’t.
[Ron Whitaker] “So, from a workflow standpoint, when you import your footage, should you make the Project Properties aspect the same size as your original footage, and all footage and generated media that you create thereafter?”
Yes, in general I like to make my project match my primary footage. This ensures that generated media is created at the proper size as you said.
[Ron Whitaker] “And then when you go to render, what is a good rule of thumb? Can you then render to any size you wish?”
Pretty much. The only exception is if you plan to do a lot of cropping! Then I would make my project aspect match my render aspect so that the crops all line up properly (which may have been your problem with changing aspects mid project).
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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