Aspect Ratio Question at DVinfo.net

Oliver Darden · September 2nd, 2009, 02:19 PM

I did a project shot on an XL1s (4:3 / 720 x 480) and someone is asking me for the aspect ratio of my film and I'm not sure what to tell them.

I edited it in Sony Vegas, is there someway to look this up or is there just a standard for 4:3?

O.D.

Adam Bauser · September 2nd, 2009, 06:40 PM

I might be missing something here, but I'm pretty sure your aspect is 4:3

4:3 is standard aspect ratio (also called 1.33:1)

16:9 is widescreen aspect ration (also called 1:78:1)

Unless you shot anamorphic widescreen or used letterboxing or something.

Stas Bobkov · September 2nd, 2009, 06:51 PM

If you shot in 4:3 then it should be in 4:3, unless you set your Project Settings in Vegas to 16:9 and had a 16:9 preview window while editing and then rendered as widescreen. That would make proportions noticebly distorted. Are they distorted in your final product?

Shaun Roemich · September 2nd, 2009, 08:06 PM

4:3 with a PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) of 0.9

Oliver Darden · September 2nd, 2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Bauser

I might be missing something here, but I'm pretty sure your aspect is 4:3

4:3 is standard aspect ratio (also called 1.33:1)

Yeah 1:33:1 is what I was looking for, sorry I wasn't clear.

Thanks!

September 2nd, 2009, 02:19 PM	#1
Oliver Darden Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 522	Aspect Ratio Question I did a project shot on an XL1s (4:3 / 720 x 480) and someone is asking me for the aspect ratio of my film and I'm not sure what to tell them. I edited it in Sony Vegas, is there someway to look this up or is there just a standard for 4:3? O.D.

September 2nd, 2009, 08:06 PM	#4
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	4:3 with a PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) of 0.9 __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

September 2nd, 2009, 06:40 PM	#2
Adam Bauser Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 73	I might be missing something here, but I'm pretty sure your aspect is 4:3 4:3 is standard aspect ratio (also called 1.33:1) 16:9 is widescreen aspect ration (also called 1:78:1) Unless you shot anamorphic widescreen or used letterboxing or something.

September 2nd, 2009, 06:51 PM	#3
Stas Bobkov Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 46	If you shot in 4:3 then it should be in 4:3, unless you set your Project Settings in Vegas to 16:9 and had a 16:9 preview window while editing and then rendered as widescreen. That would make proportions noticebly distorted. Are they distorted in your final product?