Looking for Academy Format mask at DVinfo.net

Rafal Krolik · June 18th, 2004, 10:05 AM

I shot some footage the other day which I would like to crop to the academy format. Any of you guys here have the overlay mask for it available? Thanks in advance for your help.

Rob Lohman · June 18th, 2004, 01:43 PM

Do you mean the widescreen look? I suppose it is 2.35 and not
the 1.85 that is close to 16:9 widescreen? You can calculate
both (or any other you want) at my letterbox calculator page
and also download most used masks.

But then again you might be looking for something else...

Boyd Ostroff · June 18th, 2004, 02:08 PM

The Academy Aperture is 1.37:1 and was a standard the studios agreed upon during the 1930's. Kind of an odd size to make your video these days. It's not really much of a difference from standard 4:3 video which would be 1.33:1. Seems like it would be easy to just use your NLE to crop a few lines from the top and bottom of the image... I think the active image area should be 720x465 to acheive this.

Rafal Krolik · June 18th, 2004, 08:14 PM

Gentelmen, you have both given me new knowledge and a solution to my needs. It was the NTSC 2.35 template I was thinking of. I thought that this "ultra" wide screen was called the academy format. I was wrong. Thanks once again for pointing me in the right direction.

Boyd Ostroff · June 19th, 2004, 08:51 AM

<<<-- Originally posted by Rafal Krolik : I thought that this "ultra" wide screen was called the academy format -->>>

Aha!... that would be CinemaScope

Rafal Krolik · June 21st, 2004, 11:02 AM

Hey, that's a really cool website. Thanks for the link Boyd.

June 18th, 2004, 10:05 AM	#1
Rafal Krolik Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Milwaukee, Wi Posts: 160	Looking for Academy Format mask I shot some footage the other day which I would like to crop to the academy format. Any of you guys here have the overlay mask for it available? Thanks in advance for your help.

June 18th, 2004, 01:43 PM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Do you mean the widescreen look? I suppose it is 2.35 and not the 1.85 that is close to 16:9 widescreen? You can calculate both (or any other you want) at my letterbox calculator page and also download most used masks. But then again you might be looking for something else... __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

June 18th, 2004, 02:08 PM	#3
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	The Academy Aperture is 1.37:1 and was a standard the studios agreed upon during the 1930's. Kind of an odd size to make your video these days. It's not really much of a difference from standard 4:3 video which would be 1.33:1. Seems like it would be easy to just use your NLE to crop a few lines from the top and bottom of the image... I think the active image area should be 720x465 to acheive this.

June 18th, 2004, 08:14 PM	#4
Rafal Krolik Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Milwaukee, Wi Posts: 160	Gentelmen, you have both given me new knowledge and a solution to my needs. It was the NTSC 2.35 template I was thinking of. I thought that this "ultra" wide screen was called the academy format. I was wrong. Thanks once again for pointing me in the right direction.

June 19th, 2004, 08:51 AM	#5
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	<<<-- Originally posted by Rafal Krolik : I thought that this "ultra" wide screen was called the academy format -->>> Aha!... that would be CinemaScope

June 21st, 2004, 11:02 AM	#6
Rafal Krolik Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Milwaukee, Wi Posts: 160	Hey, that's a really cool website. Thanks for the link Boyd.