16:9 FMA movie footage to 4:3

[SenTrix]

Why would you want to?

this is actually a good, i forgot to ask this question aswell. i dont recommend you squishing widescreen source to 4:3, i personally wouldn't do it.

[Qyot27]

Lanczos4Resize(848,480)
Crop(104,0,-104,0)

Although if you're cutting clips, then you can adjust the crop values so that you get the action you want. As long as it still has a total of 208 cropped pixels from the left and right, it'll be fine. I'm also assuming you're making the TV show's eps at 640x480. If you're not, then you have to do:

Lanczos4Resize(848,480)
Crop(104,0,-104,0)
Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

Generally a horrid thing to do unless you're finished with the editing and are encoding for DVD. By all means, try to edit in square pixels (i.e. 640x480) - it makes things worlds easier.

[guardiansoulblade]

I cropped it and converted it in Virtualdub and I think it turned out nice. But I might keep my widescreen rip because I love widescreen footage too.

[Scintilla]

I'm also assuming you're making the TV show's eps at 640x480. If you're not, then you have to do:

Lanczos4Resize(848,480)
Crop(104,0,-104,0)
Lanczos4Resize(720,480)

What's wrong in that case with Lanczos4Resize(960,480).Crop(120,0,-120,0)?

... or, of course, Spline16Resize(960,480).Crop(120,0,-120,0)...

[JaddziaDax]

make it 848x480 then pan and scan in your editing program?

[Qyot27]

What's wrong in that case with Lanczos4Resize(960,480).Crop(120,0,-120,0)?

... or, of course, Spline16Resize(960,480).Crop(120,0,-120,0)...

Personal preference, mainly. I just find it harder and more confusing to think in terms of 0.9 PAR and needing to correct for that pervasively.