>The area I'm shooting in is rather tight, & I'm trying to maximize the
>horizontal space. The camera I have is great for zooming, but not so good
>for wide angle (it's a Canon ZR900).
It is well known that letterboxing takes forever.
You probably should set iMovie's preferences to disable aut
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Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Not as OT: Working with video in iMovie
Of course, it's the letterboxing that's t
Of course, it's the letterboxing that's taking all the time. Is there
some *good* reason to do this? Please don't answer "we want to fool
the viewers into thinking it's HD" because that's not a *good* reason.
Although a straight encode to mpg2 for DVD shouldn't take that long
either. Ten minutes o
Most of the video I've worked with hasn't been longer than 10 minutes, & it
could take several hours for that. I'm working with hour-long video now, & I
am amazed at how long it's taking. After capturing the video, it took 2 ½
hours for iMovie to "Letterbox" it, & it's taken 3 hours this morni
