I have been following the 16X9 question.
I have been hired to produce a video that will play back on a large wide
flat screen.
I am shooting this project on a Sony PD-150 in SD.
In the past a few times I have added black bands top and bottom for
letterbox. I have been shooting some tests in the 16X9 mode on the camera.
It gives a true 16X9 picture.
I am editing on (don.t laugh you young kids) Premier 6.5. It works for me,
helping me win 30 Emmy awards and posting a number of national commercials.
So, I just capture the image as normal, but when I edit and look at the
image on my output normal video monitor in 4X3, it gives an egg shape to
round objects but fills the screen from top to bottom. Which means that it
squishes the horizontal image the proper amount. When output to a DVD and
played back on a wide screen TV, it fits top to bottom and side to side in
the 16X9 format.
Ok, so far. No problems. Well I wanted to cut in some normal 4X3 stock
footage, but when I do, it is stretched out. Well, I pulled down a Conopus
Picture in Picture effect, with black on the video 1 track and my old
footage on the video 2 track. Basically, and you can do this with a little
testing, all I did was blow up the old footage a little bit and crop top and
bottom some with the aspect ratio disabled. Then pull in the sides and you
are left with an image where it is full frame (in 4X3) but if you have a
shot of a round clock, it is egg shaped. Either dub it off to digital tape
and re capture or just leave it in the time line and it cuts together with
the 16X9 just fine. If headroom is a problem with the "letterbox" crop,
just set the top of the frame at the top and take twice as much from the
bottom. Bingo, it is simple, and works great.
I have no idea if it works on Pro but I see no reason why it shouldn't.
Let me know if it works for you as well.
By the way, I read this forum and love it, but I guess I am hanging onto 6.5
until I have to go, kicking and screaming into HD.
Cheers.
Bob
P.S. Does any one know if there is a way to steady a shot that shakes, like
by blowing it up a little and picking a point to remain steady and have it
track? My buddy does this on Final Cut and rubs my nose in it all the time.
I even had to take him a shot to steady up for me one time and he has never
let me forget it.
Robert D. Gardner
Gardner Productions LLC
Film and Video Production since 1978
619-460-1000
www.gardnerproductions.com <http://www.gardnerproductions.com/>
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