[Lloyd Stas]

thanks! at least now i know to shoot it in 16:9 next time.

is there anyway of telling if I have done it correctly?

[Lloyd Stas]

ok thanks,

anyone know how to convert PAL 4:3 to PAL 16:9 FHA?

Lloyd

[Lloyd Stas]

That was MTV.

Box television (another music TV station) also said this:

“In the near future we’re converting our channels to widescreen. This means we will no longer accept videos in old style 4:3 standard, or 4:3 letterbox (those videos with black bars at the top and bottom). With immediate effect can you please supply videos in widescreen 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic.”

[Lloyd Stas]

sorry about my confusion again, here is what i have been sent:

Standard Definition material
Tape Format: Digital Betacam
Video: 625/50, PAL, 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic
Audio: Stereo Mix

So the digibeta conversion and 625/50 video will be converted by the post house. will the post house convert it to 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic aswell? (it was shot in 4:3). if not then how would i achieve this properly?

[Lloyd Stas]

wow! thanks Bob.. i’ve learnt so much in the past few weeks, my brain feels exhausted, haha. having fun doing it though!

Im just about done with questions i think :)..

with the standards converter, will this be done at the post house along with the Conversion to digibeta?

RE: the letterboxing. I shot it in 4:3 and am having to convert it to 16:9 anamorphic in order to send it to the broadcasting channels. I followed an online tutorial on how to convert it to 16:9 and it did not create a letterboxing effect. i wanted this effect so put it in myself. has something gone wrong if this is the case?

sorry if im not making much sense.

It probs won’t make much difference but here is the video that im working on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNkwRu8qT2M

Your help means a lot to me. thankyou loads
Lloyd

[Lloyd Stas]

ok! thanks loads for your help so far.. have researched some post houses nearby that i will contact.

just need a bit more help..

when i convert the video to 16:9, does it matter if I then put letterboxing on that?

With the 625/50 (horizontal line resolution and field frequency), is this easy to change in after effects/premiere? this wont be hard to do will it?

thanks so much so far 🙂
Lloyd

[Lloyd Stas]

thanks keith! few more questions, sorry..

2)will i need to buy a digibeta deck in order to present in a digibeta format?

3) are these easily changeable in after effects?

4) what i mead about the widescreen is.. after i have converted it to 16:9 format, is it then alright to also add letterboxing to it?

Re: Bob Zelin, the video was shot on a canon XL1-s, miniDV. i edited it in Premiere pro and after effects. cs3

[Lloyd Stas]

hello all 🙂

here is a link to the new version of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cClDymxMt0w

if anyone could give any tips on making this look any better that would be much appreciated 🙂

thanks,
Lloyd

[Lloyd Stas]

Hi, we are now doing a re-shoot to sort out the lighting.

anyone got any tips on getting it looking better on the set? want to make it less dark but at the sametime we want the lighting more subtle (i.e. less blowout).

thankyou for all your help, you are ace :):)

[Lloyd Stas]

thanks for your help 🙂

also i think i might have captured it in widescreen when i shouldnt have done :s

does it look like that from the video? if i have, is there anyway of converting it back or will i have to start again ?