countries with 4x3 broadcasting format, letterboxing and 16 x9

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msmish

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Hello,
Please excuse me if this is newbie question, but...I've shot in South Africa in letterbox mode with a Dxv100b PAL version, and am now editing. I've found that the left and right sides are trimmed, due to broadcast size in South Africa being 4x3? How should I have shot to prevent this problem? Also, if the same footage is re-edited in the US, will the sides still be trimmed?

Thanks alot.
 
Letterbox mode is a 4x3 format. I think what you're seeing is the overscan nature of a standard TV. It'll naturally not show the entire image. That's where the term "TV safe area" comes in when you're adding titles to your video.
 
i dont know if the dvx has that option, i think you can get some sort of a hood for it to cut it out, or you can just mask it on the LCD with some black tape.
 
Doesn't DVX100B have a menu option for over/underscan on the viewfinder? Just use the "tv-safe" option when shooting...
 
as horsefilms says letterbox is 4x3 - I think you're editing in 16x9 with 4x3 footage & thats why you've got black on the left & right. you'll have to edit in 4x3 format to keep your footage correct. if you wanted your film to show fully on a widescreen 16x9 tv then you can uprez after you've finished editing using photozoom or instant hd, or for slightly lower quality in your nle
 
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