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Old September 26th, 2007, 03:18 PM   #1
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Pan & Crop without combing?

I've got some 4:3 footage that I want to crop to 16:9... but it just creates combing...

Anybody any advice on how to eliminate this?

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Old September 26th, 2007, 03:21 PM   #2
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What if you create a new track 1 and use a Mask instead of Pan/Crop.
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Old September 26th, 2007, 04:32 PM   #3
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'cause that would windowbox. i don't want to do any letterboxing, i want to have it full widescreen, anamorphic.

there must be a way, because even Pinnacle can do it without combing, and my widescreen TV can do it... haha

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Old September 27th, 2007, 11:07 AM   #4
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I thought to get true anamorphic widescreen you had to shoot the footage that way.??
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Old September 27th, 2007, 12:02 PM   #5
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I shoot in 16:9, I output in 16:9. No masks are used. I have 4:3 footage and if I'm going to be working ona 16:9 project, I'm going to have to make the 4:3 footage 16:9 - which means, zooming in on it until the x-width fills the 16:9 frame.

No masks are being used here.

But when I zoom in on the 4:3 footage, it creates combing...

Oh wait, it seems track motion does the job... i'll just try it...

hmm, just tried both methods and all of a sudden the combing is gone... strange..
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Old September 27th, 2007, 12:30 PM   #6
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If the aspect ratio of your source media and your project frame size differs then you may experience unwanted results (at least I have in the past).

Try turning 'maintain aspect ratio' on and off to see if that makes any difference.


Edit: Just seen your last post - got called away while I was writing my response so didn't realise you'd resolved the problem. Glad you got it sorted.
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Old September 27th, 2007, 01:38 PM   #7
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Um...

Are you rendering at "Good" or "Best" quality?
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I've experienced the same problem. My workaround was to render out to an intermediate format like PicVideo at 720x480p, before going to my final render. This resulted in a flicker free progressive mpeg2 output. Perhaps it will also work for you going the other direction.
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Old September 27th, 2007, 04:38 PM   #9
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Yes, you should resize de-interlaced material, not interlaced (unless the new height is 1/4x, 1/2x or 2x the old height).
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Old September 28th, 2007, 04:44 AM   #10
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I render at 'Good' because that's the default, should I render at 'best'?

Also yeah the combing has come back on another project of mine... hmm. Maybe I should just try deinterlacing it... I suppose I should try and do it so that the deinterlacing comes BEFORE the crop?

Ahh yes, that works.
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I render at 'Good' because that's the default, should I render at 'best'?
When RESIZING - render at Best. Otherwise, Good is usually fine. You could try it both ways and see if it makes a difference.
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Old September 28th, 2007, 01:58 PM   #12
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When RESIZING - render at Best. Otherwise, Good is usually fine. You could try it both ways and see if it makes a difference.
ah so you mean like, if I'm blowing up a 4:3 image to fill a 16:9 frame, I should render at best?
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Especially if you're zooming in on a photo (for example). Pan/Crop uses the full resolution of the underlying media where Track Motion zooms in on the video frame.
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Old September 29th, 2007, 04:21 AM   #14
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Especially if you're zooming in on a photo (for example). Pan/Crop uses the full resolution of the underlying media where Track Motion zooms in on the video frame.
oh... so is it not wise of me to zoom in on a 4:3 event using track motion? 'cause that's what i've done, then I've used pan/crop to pan and scan... what exactly is track motion for then?
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I generally use Pan/Crop to zoom IN and/or crop.

I generally use Track Motion to zoom OUT and adjust position.
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