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deird_lj ([personal profile] deird_lj) wrote2009-10-19 08:55 pm
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Help me, f'list kenobi! You're my only hope!

Okay. So I'm trying to do a vid. And it's giving me problems.


My problem is as follows:

- BtVS seasons 1 to 3 are in 4:3 aspect ratio.
- BtVS seasons 4 to 7 are in widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio).

Now, I've figured out that, in iMovie, I can have the widescreen bits automatically change to crop the sides off and be in 4:3 - or, on the other hand, I can have the 4:3 bits crop the top and bottom off so that they're in widescreen. All well and good. But not actually what I want to do here.


What I want is to have letterbox format on the bits that are in the wrong ratio.

Apparently I can do this in Streamclip? Right?
...but I have no idea how.


Help!
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[identity profile] moscow-watcher.livejournal.com 2009-10-19 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
iBadFred PM-ed to me that she usually makes videos with Pinnacle Studio, but she says there is an effect "Picture-in-picture" to cut frames and to change the scale. There is a "Picture-in-picture" patch for iMovie.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12545/imovie-picture-in-picture-plug-in

Hope it helps.
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[personal profile] deird1 2009-10-19 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, hon. That looks helpful.