Widescreen v. Fullscreen

I know the difference between widescreen and fullscreen, but I wanted to know if I use iMovie to make a photo slideshow that will be mainly viewed on a widescreen tv in HD will my photos stretch that entire horizontal length and will they look poor in quality, opposed to using fullscreen format iMovie slideshow on a widescreen tv?

Hi gursk:
Select "Scale photos to fill screen" so black borders don't appear with photos that aren't cropped to the correct size ratio for your display.
Are you planning to send it iDVD?
Preparing images for DVD slideshows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/5.0/en/17.html
And, this discussion is a must read:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3974445&#3974445
Sue

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It says quite clearly here: http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features.html#video
+"Turn your iPod Touch to switch between widescreen and fullscreen".+
But you can't do this with videos played from the video section of the main screen (only with videos launched via Safari). A bit misleading, and rather disappointing to find that I cannot watch videos while my iPod is docked.

mrtotes wrote:
You're right. There is a mistake in the wording on the web page. I've reported this error to the Apple Discussions Hosts who should be able to pass it on.
mrtotes
Thanks for that. If you have their ear, perhaps you could also tell them to correct this page...
http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features.html#music
... which makes the outrageous claim that you can view the lyrics of the song you're listening to.

Widescreen to Fullscreen

I started a project in widescreen by accident and didnt notice it until i finished it. is there anyway i can change the settings to that it is back in fullscreen since that is what the video was shot in? or start a new project and still keep that timeline?

You need to
double-click the sequence from the imported project to open it on the timeline. If you drag the sequence to an existing timeline then you are nesting the sequence as a single clip.
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Widescreen to fullscreen on A PE 7?

Hi, I'm considering buying Adobe Premier Elements 7.
Can someone tell me if it's possible to change a widescreen movie to fullscreen (pan & scan etc.) on PE7?
I assume this is possible on Pro, but...and I know it would be a long tedious process to drag a 4:3 box back and forth through the 16:9 edit screen/film and all but it's a challenge I'd look forward to.
If not, could it be considered a possible feature for future editions? I mean, let's face it, I'm sure there are many features that many of us don't use on Premier that might be someone else's bread and butter so to at least have the option on this would be great.
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Just start a standard 4:3 project. Add you widescreen movie clip to the timeline. Right-click and uncheck "scale to frame size." That may be the secret. In the properties panel select the Motion effect. Then you can use your mouse to drag the movie around on the preview monitor to position the scene. Of course you need to split the clip on the timeline where you want to pan to a new position.

Live Free or Die Hard: widescreen or fullscreen?

The iTunes store lists "Live Free or Die Hard" has fullscreen (lame!) but includes a widescreen preview. Which is it?

Hi there,
Yes, that movie and many others were removed. Once the correspondent studio normally has the rights for each their movie, if they want, they can remove their movie from the iTunes Store.
Well, if you really want to get this movie on your iPod and in your iTunes library, you should get the DVD which actually includes a free digital copy. See [here|www.foxdigitalcopy.com] more information.
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I shot video with my sony dvcam in 4:3 format. PAL.
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DVCPRO PAL; Aspect: 16x9 25fps.
Size: 720x576 16:9 (i do not preserve aspect ratio).
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(i have checked using QTPro and all the aspects are set to 1024 x 576 (PAL) for each movie.
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OK found my solution.
Something in iDVD was not translating the .mov file correctly and not showing my .mov files in proper 16:9 format. It did so with 2 of them but not the other 8.
So i found a work around that made it work perfectly.
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I had to make these different aspects and formats because i needed 4 DVDs of each movie:
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Widescreen PAL
Fullscreen NTSC
Widescreen NTSC
Glad i got it all to work out OK.
Also be sure to select the correct fps in the iMovie preferences before making a new iMovie. And deselect the "pillarbox and letterbox" option.
jeff

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I thought that this was answered because compressor worked well BUT I'm having the same issue with a slightly different spin. I use Boris RED to do my graphics and when I import a rendered quicktime into a 4:3 project it's not scaling correctly. The interlacing is really horrible and I haven't found a setting inside of Boris that will mate with a setting for FCP timelines. For those that are not familiar with Boris the options given for render output are:
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Computer resolution randomly changed

Hi, Im using my tv as a monitor for my computer. The other day the resolution changed from widescreen to fullscreen and I now have black bars on either side of the image. The resolution says it is 1024 x 768 which should be widescreen right? No other resolutions work using the tv as a monitor anymore. How can I fix this? Thank you.
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Thank you for the additional information.
I believe that the Aspect Ratio might have changed from 16:9 to 4:3. If you look a P. 33 in the manual for the TV it talks about Auto Aspect Ratio. When it is set to 4:3 normal (4:3 normal Natural (with sidebars)) it states that it has side bars. This is what I believe the black bars are on the screen. Take a look at the settings to see if this is the problem.
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Hi Guys I am new to this, need a hand

Okay so I have a video that is about 40 minutes long. I am making a short 3-4 minute movie. I transfered the video to the college's computer and then transfered it to an external HD and then transfered it to my computer. Now the video is 40 minutes long as I said before and it has different takes shot at different angles. I want to separate the different takes so editing and adding it altogether will be easier. I tried using the razor tool and cutting it and then exporting just the section I had cut out. Only when I did this it saves it in widescreen or fullscreen so when I pull the video back up in CS4 the video has been changed, like for example when I exported the video clip and then reimported it it was like it had widescreen twice, like how some videos on youtube are in widescreen but have black bars on the side. I hope this is making sense, I am a CS4 newbie I just got the program. I hope I am making it clear that I am trying to cut the video into more manageable parts so I can edit it and pull it altogether to make a short film. Maybe I am just going about this the wrong way? Please help me !

hiya,
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then when you have all your cuts done and scenes moved to another video level you can just uncheck the video 1 layer ( or whatever video layer has your original stuff ) eyeball symbol at left of timeline...so you dont see that layer anymore....
same with the old audio layer...
wont hurt to just leave it there ...unless it gets in the way of your future editing...in which case you can clear that stuff from the timeline ( the old stuff you dont want )
if theres a separate audio track ( not muxed ) then you could also make subclips from the source monitor...and use them on your timeline.
no need to export and then re-import
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If a movie is to be watched on a standard TV, are there any advantages of shooting in HD? What I'm saying is, can I shoot in HD 16X9 and then edit in HD 4X3?

You can capture and edit HD, then compress to a DVD that will play properly on a standard TV (letterboxed) or a widescreen TV (fullscreen).
The kind of HD camera you use will determine your hardware requirements to achieve this. You may be better off having the HD footage downconverted to Digibeta and working in SD if your final result will be an SD DVD.
Patrick

How do you handle mixes of widescreen(16:9) and fullscreen(4:3)?

Okay I have a native Fullscreen(4:3) (FS from now on) that has a widescreen (16:9) (WS from now on) mode. I am primarily using the widescreen mode for shooting but on my Panasonic using the WS mode disables the image stabilization. You have to flip back to FS to turn on stabilization. The result is I have tapes that are mainly WS but have scenes, or clips, that are FS.
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