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Josh Monk · February 14th, 2011, 12:02 AM

Ok I'm trying to put my film onto a dvd to be shown at a local movie theater. They don't have a blue ray player in place so it will have to be downconverted to SD. Not a problem with a lot of useful information found here I was able to downconvert it and not lose much in the way of image quality. My only issue is I'm getting weird black lines on all four sides of the image. Not letterboxing but all the way around. When I said stretch to fill frame it made black lines on the left and right side. Is there any fix for this. I just don't want to have our screening and have the movie only play on 60% of the screen. Any help would be very appreciated.

Michael Wisniewski · February 14th, 2011, 08:30 AM

What is the aspect ratio of your project?
What is the aspect ratio of your video?

Jeff Harper · February 14th, 2011, 09:51 AM

It sounds like you simply need to crop the footage on the timeline to 16:9 and it should be fine.

Josh Monk · February 14th, 2011, 08:25 PM

I believe I'll be unable to crop the image. The reason is we had to use the pan crop on some of the movie to get rid of boom mics and boom mic shadows.

Jeff Harper · February 14th, 2011, 10:24 PM

Save the project under a new name, to experiment with. Then use Aspect ratio script to merely change the aspect ratio. I can email it to you. I haven't used it for a LONG time, but it should work for you. email me by clicking my name to the left, I'll send the script as an attachment. Very simple to use.

I would just send you to where I got it, but I have no idea...it works like a charm in just a couple of clicks.

February 14th, 2011, 12:02 AM	#1
Josh Monk Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 32	Dvd Architect? Ok I'm trying to put my film onto a dvd to be shown at a local movie theater. They don't have a blue ray player in place so it will have to be downconverted to SD. Not a problem with a lot of useful information found here I was able to downconvert it and not lose much in the way of image quality. My only issue is I'm getting weird black lines on all four sides of the image. Not letterboxing but all the way around. When I said stretch to fill frame it made black lines on the left and right side. Is there any fix for this. I just don't want to have our screening and have the movie only play on 60% of the screen. Any help would be very appreciated.

February 14th, 2011, 08:30 AM	#2
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	What is the aspect ratio of your project? What is the aspect ratio of your video? __________________ "Ultimately, the most extraordinary thing, in a frame, is a human being." - Martin Scorsese

February 14th, 2011, 09:51 AM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	It sounds like you simply need to crop the footage on the timeline to 16:9 and it should be fine. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

February 14th, 2011, 10:24 PM	#5
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Save the project under a new name, to experiment with. Then use Aspect ratio script to merely change the aspect ratio. I can email it to you. I haven't used it for a LONG time, but it should work for you. email me by clicking my name to the left, I'll send the script as an attachment. Very simple to use. I would just send you to where I got it, but I have no idea...it works like a charm in just a couple of clicks. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

February 14th, 2011, 08:25 PM	#4
Josh Monk Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 32	I believe I'll be unable to crop the image. The reason is we had to use the pan crop on some of the movie to get rid of boom mics and boom mic shadows.