4:3 to 16:9

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The camera we used was not 16:9 native so the DP shot in 4:3 and was very good about preserving the 16:9 frame with in it. So now I have all this footage that needs to be cropped. Problem is, I have no idea how.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
You click on the crop/pan tab thing next to the event. Then go up to the dropdown menu and choose 16:9.

I actually don't know how to do that to the entire product, just each individual events... I'm a Vegas novice because I don't have my DVX yet so I don't have any difficult footage to edit.

Good luck.
 
Copy the clip, select all the 4:3 clips, and then right-click on one of them and choose "Paste event attributes." Do this before you add any FX.
 
David,
If you were to add the crop after the effects then what would happen? Would the effects bleed outside the frame? Or is it simply to get a clean start and not to have to worry about all those little s clips?
 
It's not bleeding that's the issue. If you copy/paste the attributes from one clip to another, you paste everything, including the effects. All you want to paste is the crop. So, don't have any effects before you copy.

Interestingly, though, there DOES seem to be an issue regarding bezier masks and effects, and you should definitely apply a mask before you apply any effects. But that doesn't happen with normal crops.
 
What I have done in the past is create a 720x480 photoshop file with 16x9 bars... Drop the photoshop file into the top video track and stretch it out so it covers all other video clips... This way, no matter how many clips you switch out or build, you don't have to paste the event attributes... This is if you have photoshop.
 
David Jimerson said:
Problem with that is that you can't export as widescreen properly.
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Let's say you needed to present as a letterboxed thing, would it be better to do the 16x9 image over the picture, or still should you crop?
 
I convert my 4:3 videomaterial to 16:9 dvd with Vegas for my movie projects and get good results:
1. create a 16:9 project in Vegas
2. import the 4:3 video and put in on the timeline
3. rightclick on the video on the timeline and check Switches:make sure the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is not marked
4. add the widescreen letterboxing to the video, using the Pan/Crop tool for each videosegment; with the Pan/Crop tool you have some vertical headroom to choose the best widescreen framing within the 4:3 video
5. after editiing, render the timeline to an 16:9 Widescreen MPEG2 file. Make sure you use the Best Quality setting, the Variable Bitrate and 2 Pass options for best quality.

Hope this is of any help.
 
@ David... Not saved as a pre-set so much as I just saved it as a custom setting I just re-apply when/if he does it again.

It is Pesie, thanks very much.
 
I used the standard 16:9 preset. Problem is the DP protected only the top of the 16:9 box. That is to say he used the top edge of the 4:3 aspect ratio so he could keep a frame of referece. I had to move the preset box up, once I did, I saved it as a new preset. Is this not the right thing to do?
 
No, that's fine; I've seen people use the top of the frame before. Just making sure you weren't duplicating something already there.
 
Quick note, has anyone posted a printable LCD template to whack onto the dvx for the 16:9 framing? I've been trying this out today but had to trace on an image and cut it out, which seemed imprecise.
 
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