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Old 31st Jan 2021, 1:47 pm   #57
Eidolon
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Default Re: "Converting" 4:3 to 16:9 (Aspect Ratios)

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Originally Posted by Mach One View Post
I hope that this is the correct place for this. I am trying to find out the correct setting for making sure that a 4:3 picture looks correct in a 16:9 television picture.

In my video editing software (Final Cut Pro) I can adjust the x and y axis of the picture in percentage terms. What exact percentage do I have to put in the x setting to make a 4:3 picture correctly display in a 16:9 basic background as it were? I have tried to look it up and tried to work it out from first principles but failed - at least as far as I can tell - it still looks wrong. It's somewhere around 75% I reckon.

Sorry for this ignorant question...
If you're doing a 16:9 project, and are going to put the 4:3 video into it, as opposed to doing a 4:3 project itself, then most editing programmes usually have some option that can be reached by clicking the file and choosing how you want it to display in the 16:9 frame.
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