16:9 with miniDV and iMovie - have I got this right?
Hi everyone,
Firstup I have a Sony DCR-TRV33E miniDV camera which I can set to 4:3 (default) or 16:9
From your experience will the camera simply put black lines on top and bottom of the picture? i.e. letterboxed 4:3 video?
Will iMovie assume the input is 16:9 so it will stretch out the letterboxed 4:3 from the camera creating an ultra widescreen and somewhat skewed video?
I know I should just try it out but i'm moving jobs, 2nd baby is due in 2 weeks, etc. etc. simply rather try and learn a bit before I stuff around with it as time is short!
Thanks for all tips!
Cheers
Jason
Gruezi Jason,
From your experience will the camera simply put black lines on top and bottom of the picture? i.e. letterboxed 4:3 video?
There are two ways digital camcorders create 16:9 video:
• simply by cropping (letterboxing) the footage.This goes for most camcorders
• some camcorders have "oversized" CCDs and are thus able to stretch out the footage.
In any case, both methods will result in loss of resolution (especially the first one) as not all the lines are used to display the video. See also Dan Slagle's Unofficial Movie FAQ:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6004.shtml
Will iMovie assume the input is 16:9 so it will stretch out the letterboxed 4:3 from the camera creating an ultra widescreen and somewhat skewed video?
When shooting 16:9, the footage will be flagged as widescreen and can thus be recognized by iMovie as such. You'll need to create DV-PAL Widescreen projects to capture your video with the proper aspect ratio.
hope this helps
mish
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