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WideScreen 3:1
WideScreen 3:1
I like WideScreen 3:1. I think 1.78:1 (16:9) and 2.21:1 is often letterboxed into PAL 720x576 (NTSC 720x480) DVD frame or the bigger HD- DVD / BluRay DVD frame. But with 3:1 it is difficult to keep HD quality when letterboxed into standard DVD frame, are there any other options other than letterboxing into 1920x1080 HD-DVD frame. I guess the HD-DVD and BluRay DVD Players use 1920x1080 nothing larger? Will Windows Movie Maker Vista edit in 3:1 and export ready for HD-DVD but at 3:1 letterbox? |
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WideScreen 3:1
Ok, 3:1 WideScreen video fans, it appears that you will not
get any answers on a Windows newsgroup, there are some CinemaScope folks over at Mac, BSD and Linux forums, Mac seems most AV friendly, most TV post production companys use Mac's. The simple answer is maximum HD or BluRay DVD frame size so far (2006) is 1920x1080, thats what the hardware DVD players are designed for, so CinemaScope (2.66:1) or 3:1 WideScreen video has to be letterboxed into this, until a new DVD format is developed, which some opinion suggests is unlikely to happen for at least 4 years (2010), or even at all, as time is needed to allow HD and BluRay DVD to get market share. It appears unlikely that Vista (final) Movie Maker will edit and export in 3:1 WideScreen for HD DVD letterboxing. Most WideScreen 3:1 promotional and conference videos are usually done on Mac's not Windows Machines. Note: CinemaScope projection is different to 3:1 Video on Home Theatre (Video) Projection Systems which normally don't have anamorphic lenses. CinemaScope was a wide-screen process using anamorphic lenses in photographing and projecting the film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScope "CinemaScope was a widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967. Anamorphic lenses allowed the process to project film up to a 2.66:1 aspect ratio, twice as wide as the conventional format of 1.33:1 (4:3). Although the lens system that CinemaScope employed was quickly made obsolete by technological developments, the anamorphic presentation of films that CinemaScope initiated in the 1950s has continued to this day." Note, you can screen CinemaScope and 3:1 WideScreen video on most home theatre video projectors the frame is just letterboxed into you projection 1.78:1 (16:9) frame usually, but to the home viewer audience its the same feel as true CinemaScope move theatre. "Grumpy" wrote: WideScreen 3:1 I like WideScreen 3:1. I think 1.78:1 (16:9) and 2.21:1 is often letterboxed into PAL 720x576 (NTSC 720x480) DVD frame or the bigger HD- DVD / BluRay DVD frame. But with 3:1 it is difficult to keep HD quality when letterboxed into standard DVD frame, are there any other options other than letterboxing into 1920x1080 HD-DVD frame. I guess the HD-DVD and BluRay DVD Players use 1920x1080 nothing larger? Will Windows Movie Maker Vista edit in 3:1 and export ready for HD-DVD but at 3:1 letterbox? |
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