This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Maintain original aspect ratio?

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Maintain original aspect ratio?

Aspect ratio is defined by the project settings.
Do not forget, in SD, both 4:3 and 16:9 have exact the same pixels
There is a flag that defines how it is shown.
So, your only worry is to get the image in you raster (720 x 576 PAL or 720
x 486 NTSC).
Then tell Avid if the project is 16:9 or 4:3
Clips that do not match do need a scaling effect. (pan / scan)

Thus, if you have a 4:3 image in a 16:9 project, and you don't want the
image distorted,
you need to cut out 'some' part of the image, and it'll be blown up. Quality
loss, yes, but there is no other option.
Shots like clouds / trees / wide nature shots you might get away without
scaling, just look at the image.

hth,

Bouke

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Breiburg" <mike.breiburg@gmail.com>
To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Maintain original aspect ratio?

> I've already tried that. What ends up happening is that it keeps the
> image
> close to the original size yet it still adjusts it's aspect ratio :(
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> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Michael Kedor <mikedor@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> When you import select "do not resize smaller videos"
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>> On Mar 8, 2013, at 4:15 PM, Mike Breiburg <mike.breiburg@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > Running MC 5.5.3.6 on OSX 10.6.7
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>> > I'm importing videos with various aspect ratios into a 16:9 project and
>> was
>> > wondering if there's a way to maintain their original aspect ratio upon
>> > import, as opposed to applying an effect later on, otherwise all the
>> > 4:3
>> > videos get stretched out to 16:9. I can change the project to 4:3 but
>> then
>> > the same'll happen to the 16:9 videos.
>> >
>> > Didn't there used to be a maintain aspect ratio option in the import
>> > settings? It doesn't seem to be in this version of MC.
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Mike
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