Now this may not be the case with Movie Maker on Vista, I have no way of knowing. Video in the other format will be stretched or squeezed to fit the format you have selected. I’m using Windows XP and my pre-installed version of Movie Maker will not add black bars to any video, no matter whether you start out in 16×9 or 4×3. I don’t know what our other posters have actually tried, but here are the facts. If you are having difficulty in finding the Pinnacle NLE that will do what you desire, I’m sure the forum members can provide that information. Or you might be able to use the interface you are familiar with by upgrading to another Pinnacle NLE. When you are convinced you cannot do what the manual tells you that you can’t do, you can get our help in selecting an easy to use NLE that does let you mix aspect ratios in a single timeline. The Album menu to convert scenes from one format to The first video clip you add to a movieĭetermines the movies frame format, and later clips Studio does not let you mix frame formats in the Movie Standard 4:3 format and the widescreen 16:9 format, Squeezed or stretched as needed to match the movie.īecause any given movie can be in only one of the Movie, you must first use whichever Aspect RatioĬommand is needed to bring the Album scenes intoĬonformity with the movie. If you want to addġ6:9 footage to a 4:3 movie, or 4:3 footage to a 16:9 Studio does not allow you to mix footage of differentĪspect ratios in the same movie. Here are the quotes from your software manual. However, we know of dozens of NLE’s that take this stuff in stride. If you insist on onl y using your current NLE, we can provide no advice as to how you can mix aspect ratios. Now I’m to lazy to find out if you can upgrade to a Pinnacle product that does allow mixing aspect ratios. (Odd, the manufacturer being correct about what it will actually do.) If you want to mix the aspect ratios on a single timeline, YOU HAVE TO USE ANOTHER NLE. I have copied a couple of quotes from your manual that tell you exactly that. Your program that reads the video format sounds like it doesn’t read the “wrapper.” Your NLE does read the “wrapper” but CANNOT mix aspect ratios on your timeline. So far as I’ve been able to confirm, video files have a “wrapper” that tells the codec how to display the video data. There is no 16:9 video codec (read format.) Codecs generally don’t care about aspect ratios. AVS Video Conterter will not help in the least since you’re not trying to change formats. No matter how much you love your program, it is not going to do what you want. □Īs we all expected, Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus will not let you mix 16:9 and 4:3 videos without “converting” one kind to the other. Look around Studio 9, I bet there is a way to do what you want in there somewhere. LOLĪnyway… sorry, I got off on a tangent. Of course you can make these yourself, but a ready made product just might sell. This way you don’t have to stretch or crop the 4:3 footage, it could maintain it’s aspect ratio and would layer into the 16:9 background motion graphic. It could be done as a alpha channel or just a simple 4:3 green screen hole or area to place the older footage. However these 16:9 backgrounds would have a 4:3 “hole” in them to place your older footage. Suppose someone invented something like Digital Juice’s Jumpbacks, Background images in the 16:9 format. As we move more into the wide screen ratio of 16:9 and away from 4:3, more producers are going to need to incorporate their older footage into this new format. This gives me an idea for a “product” someone could invent. The graphic could dress up the image and fill in the area around the 4:3 footage. Or make a 16:9 graphic with a 4:3 hole in it to layer the 4:3 footage inside, keeping it’s ratio. You could then title text to either side. Something else to consider would be to put your 4:3 footage in a “picture in picture” box inside the 16:9 area. I would assume Studio 9 will do it too, but like Robgrauert said, I wouldn’t guarantee the results. Free trial here: (I’ve never tried it though. Like Vegas, MAGIX movie edit pro 14 Plus will do what you are saying too. I guess you could lay the graphic in the timeline and stretch or crop the footage to overlay inside the graphic to fit. If you are looking for a graphic of the black bars you can get one here.
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