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

[sb]

Interlacing doesn't scale, the pixels do. The line size doesn't change.

Whether or not the image blown up by 33% will look horrible, well, I'd
expect you'd see pixel artifacting, which might be considered horrible
looking.

The OP might also see a problem with field order, since DV is lower field
first, which can be fixed by raising or lowering the image by one line.

 regards,

 sb


On 10/6/05 2:05 PM, "Mark M.Florida" <markf at squareblue.com> wrote:

> If it's interlaced video, scaling it up like that will look *horrible*
> -- it will get "jaggy" and "stripey" and "liney" and stuff -- the
> interlacing won't scale right.
> 
> You'd be much better off just doing a letterbox mask and settling for a
> letterboxed image in a 4:3 video signal.
> 
> - Mark
> 
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:06 AM, sb wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> 
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