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What's a good frame size to save my videos in?
thecolclough:
--- Quote from: davdud101 on April 14, 2015, 07:38:44 am ---...it does seem that most 'progressive numbers' are named by height, i.e. 1080p, 480, etc...
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long story short, that's because anamorphic formats exist. i REALLY wish they didn't!
E.g. HDV 1080, which only actually codes 1440x1080 pixels, even though it displays at 1920x1080 with the missing stuff interpolated - doesn't make much sense to me either :P but the 1080 height stays the same, hence that being the number that was chosen as a shorthand reference for the format.
cooldude234:
--- Quote from: thecolclough on April 16, 2015, 05:49:28 am ---
--- Quote from: davdud101 on April 14, 2015, 07:38:44 am ---...it does seem that most 'progressive numbers' are named by height, i.e. 1080p, 480, etc...
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long story short, that's because anamorphic formats exist. i REALLY wish they didn't!
E.g. HDV 1080, which only actually codes 1440x1080 pixels, even though it displays at 1920x1080 with the missing stuff interpolated - doesn't make much sense to me either :P but the 1080 height stays the same, hence that being the number that was chosen as a shorthand reference for the format.
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4k and UDHD resolutions take the width not the height. Who the heck knows why people make these standards this way. When in doubt though just use the non marketing (aka the non-crap) term IE its actual resolution like 3840x2160
also...
LETTER BOXES AREN'T A WAY TO SOLVE YOUR LIFE PROBLEMS don't just add them because you can PERIOD.
;P
thecolclough:
--- Quote from: cooldude234 on April 16, 2015, 05:56:40 am ---LETTER BOXES AREN'T A WAY TO SOLVE YOUR LIFE PROBLEMS don't just add them because you can PERIOD.
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i entirely agree that letterboxing often gets used in the wrong way and causes problems. 16:9 material letterboxed into 4:3 or vice-versa is really annoying and stupid - unless it's just for a short clip within a longer video, e.g. a documentary in 16:9 using a little bit of 4:3 archive footage. but that said, just occasionally (e.g. if you want to go 2.40:1 and don't have editing software that supports wider-than-16:9 ratios) letterboxing does have its uses. like many things in video editing, i think the best advice would be 'proceed with caution' or similar. :)
davdud101:
Though personally I think there is a tendency with Anim8or in particular to produce in 4:3 even though we have 16:9, which for me has always had benefits. I much prefer 16:9.
kreator:
I Use UK Pal TV sizes
UK PAL - 576 x 720 (interlaced)
USA NTSC - 480 x 720 (interaced)
widescreen PAL 1920x1080
NTSC 1280x720.
The smaller Size for testing mainly and the widescreen for finals ( Since I have a Widescreen Monitor)
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