Converting 4:3 to Widescreen at DVinfo.net

Yegor Sak · April 14th, 2005, 11:46 PM

I've been working on a small test project, and I ran into a problem, due to my stupidity. I shot the first half in widescreen mode, like I wanted, and the second half was shot in 4:3 (fullscreen). Is there a way I can crop/convert the 4:3 version to widescreen so I can properly edit it in premiere??

Any help will be appreciated.

David Stoneburner · April 15th, 2005, 09:10 AM

You should be able to import the 4:3 footage into a 16:9 project. Then using an aspect or zoom function, zoom into the footage by around 33%. You will loose some resolution and parts of the the frame, but it should work. I'm not sure where the zoom is on Premiere, it's been a while since I've done it.

Yegor Sak · April 15th, 2005, 02:47 PM

Aspect fuction adds 2 black bars on the left + right side, so like you said, I will probably have to zoom. I think it would be easier if I import 2 files that are identical and work with those in premiere. I just need some 3rd party program that can do this for me...

David Stoneburner · April 15th, 2005, 02:55 PM

The thing is that any other program will do the same thing that Premiere is going to do. I think there is a program that does things like that and much more, called something like DVfilm or filmDV. I've seen it mentioned on the board before.

Good luck.

Yegor Sak · April 15th, 2005, 03:11 PM

You got a link to their site by any chance?

Joshua Provost · April 15th, 2005, 05:09 PM

It's DVFilm Maker. It does this conversion and a whole lot more (especially deinterlacing to and converting to 24p). Great program. Well worth the money.

Yegor Sak · April 17th, 2005, 12:30 PM

Hmm I can't get it to work with NTSC format. It only seems to accespt PAL.

And it does it at about 1 frame per 10 seconds....

April 14th, 2005, 11:46 PM	#1
Yegor Sak Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 76	Converting 4:3 to Widescreen I've been working on a small test project, and I ran into a problem, due to my stupidity. I shot the first half in widescreen mode, like I wanted, and the second half was shot in 4:3 (fullscreen). Is there a way I can crop/convert the 4:3 version to widescreen so I can properly edit it in premiere?? Any help will be appreciated. __________________ PlanetBoredom.net

April 15th, 2005, 02:47 PM	#3
Yegor Sak Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 76	Aspect fuction adds 2 black bars on the left + right side, so like you said, I will probably have to zoom. I think it would be easier if I import 2 files that are identical and work with those in premiere. I just need some 3rd party program that can do this for me... __________________ PlanetBoredom.net

April 15th, 2005, 03:11 PM	#5
Yegor Sak Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 76	You got a link to their site by any chance? __________________ PlanetBoredom.net

April 15th, 2005, 05:09 PM	#6
Joshua Provost Major Player Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 493	It's DVFilm Maker. It does this conversion and a whole lot more (especially deinterlacing to and converting to 24p). Great program. Well worth the money. __________________ Owner/Operator, 727 Records Co-Founder, Matter of Chance Productions Blogger, Try Avoidance

April 17th, 2005, 12:30 PM	#7
Yegor Sak Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 76	Hmm I can't get it to work with NTSC format. It only seems to accespt PAL. And it does it at about 1 frame per 10 seconds.... __________________ PlanetBoredom.net

April 15th, 2005, 09:10 AM	#2
David Stoneburner Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 493	You should be able to import the 4:3 footage into a 16:9 project. Then using an aspect or zoom function, zoom into the footage by around 33%. You will loose some resolution and parts of the the frame, but it should work. I'm not sure where the zoom is on Premiere, it's been a while since I've done it.

April 15th, 2005, 02:55 PM	#4
David Stoneburner Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 493	The thing is that any other program will do the same thing that Premiere is going to do. I think there is a program that does things like that and much more, called something like DVfilm or filmDV. I've seen it mentioned on the board before. Good luck.