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Post by Kitsuner » Wed May 07, 2008 10:14 pm

Niotex wrote:16:9 > 4:3
I disagree, on account of both my monitor and TV are 4:3. :]
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Post by LivingFlame » Wed May 07, 2008 10:18 pm

Kitsuner wrote:
Niotex wrote:16:9 > 4:3
I disagree, on account of both my monitor and TV are 4:3. :]
But 16:9 is capable of HD. :3
Which doesn't mean as much in the context of AMVs, but meh. :P
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Post by Kitsuner » Wed May 07, 2008 10:29 pm

LivingFlame wrote:
Kitsuner wrote:
Niotex wrote:16:9 > 4:3
I disagree, on account of both my monitor and TV are 4:3. :]
But 16:9 is capable of HD. :3
I love watching HD promos on my SD sets. It's entertaining to watch them promote an increase in quality that my hardware is incapable of. :P
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Post by devilmaykickass » Wed May 07, 2008 10:35 pm

Kalium wrote:You take the 4:3, and crop it to 16:9. It can be done quite effectively.
Eh, I've also seen cropping 16:9 to 4:3 pulled off quite well.

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Post by Shui » Thu May 08, 2008 1:41 am

Just zoom and crop in the video editing programm till it looks right :P
The only thing that could happen is quality loss.
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Post by Pie Row Maniac » Mon May 19, 2008 7:06 pm

Depends on the range of ARs used. If one source is 4:3 while another is at 2.39:1, I'm definitely going to have to crop the 4:3 down, if just a little. Then, if the video quality allows, I'd zoom in a skosh on the 2.39:1. Doing that gives me a good moderation between the two varying resolutions.

However if the range isn't all that bad, like 4:3 and 3:2 or even 16:9, then I just leave them to their correct dimensions.
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Post by purplepolecat » Tue May 20, 2008 12:52 am

I'm doing a vid right now using mixed footage (Utena TV & Utena movie).

* I resize all the 4:3 clips to be the same width as the 16:9, but the same AR, so they are taller than the 16:9.

* I edit at the 16:9 resolution, so Premiere crops the 4:3 clips at the top and bottom.

* I move the 4:3 clips up or down (using the Motion effect in Premiere) if I want a different part of the frame to be visible.

You could do this the other way around so you're editing at 4:3 and moving the 16:9 frames left and right, which is what they do when they (ugh) make the 4:3 DVD versions of 16:9 movies.
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Post by AquaSky » Tue May 20, 2008 10:09 am

A post by Pie Row. Awsm. :O

PS - Edit moar. :P
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Post by Pie Row Maniac » Tue May 20, 2008 12:24 pm

IcyCloud wrote:A post by Pie Row. Awsm. :O

PS - Edit moar. :P
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Post by anneke » Tue May 20, 2008 2:36 pm

My video 'Choices' mixes animes with different aspect ratios. At times I would stretch the footage to fit, other times I didn't bother. The trick I found was the footage/scene your using. If your going from a very slow moving scene to another slow moving scene with a different aspect ratio it's not bad. Also if your going from scenes of similuar color/lighting levels. Going from a scene where it's WHITE to one where the scene is bright but with BLACK borders is jarring. But if you go from a dark scene to a scene with black borders it's not so noticable.

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