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[deird_lj]

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!

Comments

[stormwreath.livejournal.com]

Since I use completely different software to you I can't help. Sorry. :-(
Now you know why most of my own vids are all based on Seasons 4-7 (well, that's not the only reason, but it's up there...)

One possibility: can you make the frame just a black screen, then put the actual video on there as an overlay?

Having said that, bear in mind that BtVS was supposed to be watched in 4:3 ratio even though they shot the later seasons in 16:9. The shots are all framed to be cropped at the edges, which is why there's usually no action going on at the edges and occasionally you even see the film crew's bits projecting into the frame.

[deird1]

Having said that, bear in mind that BtVS was supposed to be watched in 4:3 ratio even though they shot the later seasons in 16:9.

True. If all else fails, I might put the entire vid in 4:3...