[Scott Osborn]

Jeff,

Thanks for the input.

> If you were seeing thin black bars
> (about 10 pixels wide, maybe?),
Yes, that’s about right: If I scale the footage, as-is, by 102% (width only), then they get sized off-screen.

> In my biased opinion, it is better not to scale
> analog video for your edit. It’s low-res enough to
> begin with.
Thanks, gotta agree with you.

Scott

[Scott Osborn]

Mike,

Thanks for the help. I took this step (changing aspect ratio to 1.2) and the footage became all stretched out. I then rescaled it (width only) to %77 and the results look pretty good. Still though, can’t help but feel there’s a better answer.

Thanks again man,
Scott

[Scott Osborn]

Jon,

First, thanks for the help.

> The Beta has been dumped onto the miniDV tape as 4×3
> inside a 16×9 Anamorphic signal therefore making pillar
> box.
Ah. This step was done by a local (Austin) dup house. Would you call this an error on their part, or is this considered normal?

> If you told this clip to be widscreen Aspect Ratio
> it will look right, but you’ve lost a lot of information
> in the incorrect aspect ratio.
Thanks. Did that step, now it looks all stretched out. If I then scale it down %77 (width only), the bars are gone and the image looks pretty clean. Still tho, I would hope there would be a better solution…

Thanks again man,
Scott