[Guiser]

Thanks for the replies – but I don’t think I was very clear.

It was shot 16:9 and then transfered 16:9 in a 4:3 space – as it stands now it has mirroring at the top and bottom of the frame so we are going to put in the letterbox (black) ourselves. All I need to know is what scan lines to place them on so that the letterbox is as sharp as possible (in 10bit).

Michael, thats a great idea – but 99% of the directors we work with won’t allow their work that originated in 16:9 to be cropped down to a 4:3 full frame. The music video was framed in 16:9 and they don’t want it to been seen otherwise. I just had an issue with this last week where all the masters had to be sent back and re-done because someone went ahead and output it without letterbox and the director wouldn’t let it go to air.

Thanks guys,

steve.

[Guiser]

I’ll take a look at the manual.

We only have a BMD card but no d-beta.

We are trying to minimize costs as much as possible.

Thanks,

steve.

[Guiser]

Sorry for the late response,

our net went down.

Going to give this a try tomorrow, just leaving the office now.

Thanks so much.

Steve