[MacDV] Re: Converting 4:3 to 16:9

[sb]

You can pillarbox the image in FCP and then use that to burn to DVD.

The only way to "convert" a 4:3 image to widescreen 16:9, IF you are willing
to blow up the image by 33% (also in FCP) using scale, and drop it into a
16:9 sequence. FCP will shrink it to fit, so you have to go into the motion
tab and resize back to 100% which will make the 16:9 frame crop your blown
up image.

I'm not certain, but you also might have to set the 16:9 flag in the clip
properties.

 regards,

 sb


On 10/5/05 8:12 AM, "whoisquilty" <whoisquilty at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm interested in converting a 4:3 video to widescreen 16:9 DVD. I'd
> like to crop off the image and encode it to MP2 as anamorphic.
> 
> Are there any tools that do the cropping? I've got Final Cut Pro and
> DVD Studio Pro...so I can edit it. And I know about burning DVDs. I
> just don't know how to crop it and what to expect on the final disc.
> 
> Will it get blurry on a widescreen television? If I go from 720x480 to
> 720x405, then stretch it back to 720x480 on encoding to MP2...will I
> notice any loss in image quality?
> 
> Or, should I create it as a comp in After Effects?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Jer