Help finding the right video editor to...

[Phantasmagoriat]

well, if you get avisynth working through vdubmod, I'm pretty certain a combination of these functions in the right order will work:

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crop(left, top, -right, -bottom)
lanczosresize(width, height)
addborders(left, top, right, bottom)

-you might not even need to crop
-all substituted values are in pixel units; so a common instruction is something like lanczosresize(640,480)

if you want to squish and add borders, it could look like this:

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lanczosresize(640, 460)
addborders(0, 10, 0, 10)

so the overall dimensions are still 640x480

...if that makes any sense... hopefully it helps.

[SyberiaWinx]

I'd afraid it doesn't make much sense to me.^^; We're both new to adding all this kind of stuff, so we need literally a step-by-step guide. We just don't want the letterboxes to appear ON the scene, just UNDER/OVER it, not covering anything up.

[Phantasmagoriat]

He tried using avisynth, but the black boxes cut off part of the scene, which we don't want and keeps the size messed up. What's he doing wrong?

I should have assumed this was wrong.

k, that first link indeed explains it all... but I'll run through it real quick, hopefully without missing anything.

-install the AMVapp
-show file extensions
-make a new folder [anywhere]
-put all source footage into that folder
-make a new .txt file [right click]
-in the text file type this on the first line:*
avisource("insert-file-name-of-source-between-these-quotes.avi")
-save
-change extension from .txt to .avs
-open the .avs with virtualdubmod
-go to tools>>script editor
-add any lines you think you need, and save/refresh [f5]
-once its the way you need it:
save your new .avi with the codec you want

*i'm guessing you have a .avi source

[SyberiaWinx]

I don't see anything about the letterboxes in there, though.O_o

[SyberiaWinx]

And also, the last time I used Virtual Dub mod to alter a scene-make it shorter, in that case,-it came out looking horrible and over 1GB.

[Phantasmagoriat]

I don't see anything about the letterboxes in there, though.O_o

ah yes... avisynth is made up of various commands [hundreds to thousands?] so the link to avisynth.org was simply provided in that guide.

And also, the last time I used Virtual Dub mod to alter a scene-make it shorter, in that case,-it came out looking horrible and over 1GB.

well that depends on the codec you use to compress the file; that last link I gave runs through how to recompress a file... so instead of uncompressed or huffyuv, try something like XviD [although I should note that the former compression is the preferred format to edit with]

[Phantasmagoriat]

-also, are you using an .avi source?

-and installing the app

[SyberiaWinx]

^^; Well, we need to add the letter boxes, so without that being inlcluded, I'm not sure what the point was of all that you just typed.O_o

[Phantasmagoriat]

He tried using avisynth, but the black boxes cut off part of the scene, which we don't want and keeps the size messed up. What's he doing wrong?

I should have assumed this was wrong.

k, that first link indeed explains it all... but I'll run through it real quick, hopefully without missing anything.

-install the AMVapp
-show file extensions
-make a new folder [anywhere]
-put all source footage into that folder
-make a new .txt file [right click]
-in the text file type this on the first line:*
avisource("insert-file-name-of-source-between-these-quotes.avi")
-save
-change extension from .txt to .avs
-open the .avs with virtualdubmod
-go to tools>>script editor
-add any lines you think you need, and save/refresh [f5]
-once its the way you need it:
save your new .avi with the codec you want

*i'm guessing you have a .avi source

[SyberiaWinx]

Still lost.@_@ You're using way too many complex terms here.