Trying to get the aspect ratio right... at DVinfo.net

David Delaney · December 25th, 2007, 04:55 PM

I ended up rendering some time-lapsed footage that was originally 16:9 into 4:3 (by mistake), so now when I use the rendered Time-lapsed footage with the other unrendered 16:9 footage, the time-lapsed rendered footage is stretched. How can I match up the footage again? I don't want to go back and re-render out the time-lapsed footage if I can avoid it.
When I used the 16:9 bars in the Pan/crop tool, it just make black coverings, and doesn't squish the image correctly - so is there a way?

Using VV7

David Delaney · December 25th, 2007, 05:23 PM

Nevermind, found it in the properties panel of the clip to change it to the correct aspect ratio.

David Delaney · March 27th, 2008, 06:25 AM

I've have some new footage from a panasonic hard drive camera, and for some reason it looks stretched. I am trying different aspect ratios, but nothing seems to fix it (in the property panel). Is there a way to find out what the footage is originally? I really want to fix this before I send it out...

Jon Fairhurst · March 27th, 2008, 04:32 PM

The first thing I do for each clip is to uncheck "maintain aspect" in the pan & crop properties for each clip. That allows the clip to fill the window.

Note that widescreen DVDs don't use the same 16x9 aspect ratio that HD uses. wide DVDs are *almost* 16x9.

I'm wondering, is there a way to make Vegas default to turning off "maintain aspect" when adding new clips?

December 25th, 2007, 04:55 PM	#1
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	Trying to get the aspect ratio right... I ended up rendering some time-lapsed footage that was originally 16:9 into 4:3 (by mistake), so now when I use the rendered Time-lapsed footage with the other unrendered 16:9 footage, the time-lapsed rendered footage is stretched. How can I match up the footage again? I don't want to go back and re-render out the time-lapsed footage if I can avoid it. When I used the 16:9 bars in the Pan/crop tool, it just make black coverings, and doesn't squish the image correctly - so is there a way? Using VV7

March 27th, 2008, 04:32 PM	#4
Jon Fairhurst Inner Circle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Camas, WA, USA Posts: 5,513	The first thing I do for each clip is to uncheck "maintain aspect" in the pan & crop properties for each clip. That allows the clip to fill the window. Note that widescreen DVDs don't use the same 16x9 aspect ratio that HD uses. wide DVDs are almost 16x9. I'm wondering, is there a way to make Vegas default to turning off "maintain aspect" when adding new clips? __________________ Jon Fairhurst

December 25th, 2007, 05:23 PM	#2
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	Nevermind, found it in the properties panel of the clip to change it to the correct aspect ratio.

March 27th, 2008, 06:25 AM	#3
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	I've have some new footage from a panasonic hard drive camera, and for some reason it looks stretched. I am trying different aspect ratios, but nothing seems to fix it (in the property panel). Is there a way to find out what the footage is originally? I really want to fix this before I send it out...