How to fake 16:9 with 4:3 footage at DVinfo.net

Nathan Quattrini · June 8th, 2007, 01:55 PM

I made a mistake and recorded one camera (not alot thank god) in 4:3. The project it is for is all 16:9, so how can I cheat and blow up the 4:3 and crop it so when rendered out it has the same black bars as the 16:9 footage? I remember there may have been a template for that somewhere?

Kevin Amundson · June 8th, 2007, 07:23 PM

Just blow up your 4:3 footage so that it fills the frame width wize(I blow it up to 134% in PP2.0). Click this link and save the image to your Hard Drive. Then drop the .png file into your timeline above the 4:3 footage and your good to go.

Nathan Quattrini · June 13th, 2007, 11:14 AM

am i supposed to make the aspect ratio on the matte 1.2 as well? Its not covering all the way across the screen

Kevin Amundson · June 13th, 2007, 04:04 PM

The matte should be 720x480. Did you just save the thumbnail? You need to click the thumbnail and save the full size image.

June 8th, 2007, 01:55 PM	#1
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	How to fake 16:9 with 4:3 footage I made a mistake and recorded one camera (not alot thank god) in 4:3. The project it is for is all 16:9, so how can I cheat and blow up the 4:3 and crop it so when rendered out it has the same black bars as the 16:9 footage? I remember there may have been a template for that somewhere? __________________ Cinematography Site

June 8th, 2007, 07:23 PM	#2
Kevin Amundson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Prague, MN Posts: 112	Just blow up your 4:3 footage so that it fills the frame width wize(I blow it up to 134% in PP2.0). Click this link and save the image to your Hard Drive. Then drop the .png file into your timeline above the 4:3 footage and your good to go. __________________ Kevin \| www.kraentertainment.com A picture is worth 1,000 words \| A 2 hour film at 24fps is worth 172,800,000 words

June 13th, 2007, 11:14 AM	#3
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	am i supposed to make the aspect ratio on the matte 1.2 as well? Its not covering all the way across the screen __________________ Cinematography Site

June 13th, 2007, 04:04 PM	#4
Kevin Amundson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Prague, MN Posts: 112	The matte should be 720x480. Did you just save the thumbnail? You need to click the thumbnail and save the full size image. __________________ Kevin \| www.kraentertainment.com A picture is worth 1,000 words \| A 2 hour film at 24fps is worth 172,800,000 words