[Deryk Thompson]

John …

Thanks very much for the response!

The SD video has already been ingested into my system, so changing the quality with an outside hardware device is out. I have to live with what I have …

As for your recommendation, I have put my original SD media on V2 and copied it to V1. I added the Blur effect to the V1 media and rendered. But am still dealing with a 4X3 aspect ratio. How to I get the blurred video on V1 to stretch out to the 16X9 aspect ratio, revealing the blurred video? Also, by laying V2 on top V1, will I have any other issues which will prevent me from seeing the V1 layer? I tried stretching the video out anamorphically in the Sequence Settings menu, but that change affects the entire sequence, even when V2 is locked out. Thoughts?

Thank you for taking the time … much appreciated!

Deryk