Thanks Ronni, that explains things in part. But what about import from either a camera or an existing DV file? Severin
On 1 Apr 2014, at 5:08 pm, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Severin, > > "The SD setting in iMovie 10 export is not 4:3. It is still 16:9. I can't > understand why Apple didn't make it easy and just put an aspect ration > setting on the export/share menu like previous iMovie, instead of burying the > workaround in a crop setting, but anyway, it works.. > > <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5590792> > > Once you set the crop area to the full frame as noted in the previous linked > discussion, just do a normal Share - doesn't matter whether you select SD, > HD, etc. > > The file will be in 16:9, but will have the full 4:3 frames - i.e. the > original 4:3 frames will not be cropped and stretched like they are by > default. If you view this movie on a 16:9 TV, it will show the full 4:3 > frames in the middle with black bars on the side - just like it does when you > watch an old 4:3 TV show on an HDTV. If you watch it on a 4:3 TV, it will > fill the entire screen. > > There is no need to "export as a 4:3 file" in this sense...." > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > > On 1 Apr 2014, at 4:25 pm, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > >> I have iMovie 10.0.2 but can not get in to change between SD and HD formats. >> In iMovie6HD this was an option presented right at the beginning of >> starting a new movie/project. Currently iMovie seems locked to 720p >> corresponding to the last footage imported. Subsequent SD footage remains >> constrained to this it seems. >> How do I set the format? Can not find any reference in the online help >> files and early versions seem to have presented the requisite dialog. >> Severin Crisp >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys >> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia >> ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >> mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au >> ____________________________________________________ > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> ____________________________________________________ Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au ____________________________________________________
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