Plug in for Pan and Scan? at DVinfo.net

Harry Bromley-Davenport · October 8th, 2006, 02:55 PM

Does anyone know of a plugin that will make pan and scan easier? I have to pan and scan a 16x9 HD project down to 4x3 and am having a bad time coming up with a good workflow.

Any ideas/suggestions welcome.

Many thanks

Harry

Gunleik Groven · October 9th, 2006, 04:41 AM

OK. I may be off here, but do you basically need to do an anamorphic (non-cropped) SD timeline, or do yoiu want to make a pan&scan DVD?

As for alt 1:
Drop your finished HD timeline into an SD anamorphic timeline of the right kind - be it uncompressed or DV.

This would be the thing to do if you're going for a tape out (digi/mini DV or whatever)

As for alt 2
Finish your show in HD. Make a reference movie and drop it on compressor.
The pan/scan and (or) letterbox setup is in DVD studio pro.

Gunleik

Harry Bromley-Davenport · October 9th, 2006, 01:06 PM

I want to be able to pan across the 16x9 area with a 4x3 frame size. That is to say, adjusting the position of the pan movement during a shot.

Thanks,

Harry

Gunleik Groven · October 9th, 2006, 01:29 PM

Ok.

Then I would have dropped the HD footage to an SD sequence and adjusted the scaling to suite my needs (remembering to keyframe the scale part in case I would need to change it.

Then I would have found a startingpoint, hit keyframe (in the motions tab), find my next sweetspot, hit keyframe again etc.

Or did I misunderstand again?

Gunleik

Richard Alvarez · October 9th, 2006, 01:45 PM

http://www.stagetools.com/

Harry Bromley-Davenport · October 9th, 2006, 01:55 PM

OK. I'll attempt to do that. That's very much for your help.

Harry

October 8th, 2006, 02:55 PM	#1
Harry Bromley-Davenport Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: LA CA Posts: 317	Plug in for Pan and Scan? Does anyone know of a plugin that will make pan and scan easier? I have to pan and scan a 16x9 HD project down to 4x3 and am having a bad time coming up with a good workflow. Any ideas/suggestions welcome. Many thanks Harry

October 9th, 2006, 04:41 AM	#2
Gunleik Groven Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Espa - Norway Posts: 151	OK. I may be off here, but do you basically need to do an anamorphic (non-cropped) SD timeline, or do yoiu want to make a pan&scan DVD? As for alt 1: Drop your finished HD timeline into an SD anamorphic timeline of the right kind - be it uncompressed or DV. This would be the thing to do if you're going for a tape out (digi/mini DV or whatever) As for alt 2 Finish your show in HD. Make a reference movie and drop it on compressor. The pan/scan and (or) letterbox setup is in DVD studio pro. Gunleik __________________ Red? Sure!

October 9th, 2006, 01:29 PM	#4
Gunleik Groven Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Espa - Norway Posts: 151	Ok. Then I would have dropped the HD footage to an SD sequence and adjusted the scaling to suite my needs (remembering to keyframe the scale part in case I would need to change it. Then I would have found a startingpoint, hit keyframe (in the motions tab), find my next sweetspot, hit keyframe again etc. Or did I misunderstand again? Gunleik __________________ Red? Sure!

October 9th, 2006, 01:06 PM	#3
Harry Bromley-Davenport Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: LA CA Posts: 317	I want to be able to pan across the 16x9 area with a 4x3 frame size. That is to say, adjusting the position of the pan movement during a shot. Thanks, Harry

October 9th, 2006, 01:45 PM	#5
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	http://www.stagetools.com/

October 9th, 2006, 01:55 PM	#6
Harry Bromley-Davenport Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: LA CA Posts: 317	OK. I'll attempt to do that. That's very much for your help. Harry