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AllAroundFilmLV
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From what I have heard in the forums, if you shoot in sqeeze mode, you can then stretch it to fit a native 16:9 format in post. But I havent tried it personally
AllAroundFilmLV
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a mode in the DVX that squeezes the picture into frame.
Joshua Provost
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Merc,
If you shoot 4:3, you can later add letterbox to make the footage appear 16:9.
SQUEEZE mode is the built-in 16:9 mode. It's just like 16:9 footage from any other camera in terms of capturing and editing. However, since the DVX doesn't have native 16:9 chips, it's extracted and blown-up from the 4:3 chips. So, it's not as detailed and crisp as 16:9 from a Canon XL2, but it does look very nice.
I'd recommend you shoot some test footage in SQUEEZE mode and see if it suits your purposes.
Josh
If you shoot 4:3, you can later add letterbox to make the footage appear 16:9.
SQUEEZE mode is the built-in 16:9 mode. It's just like 16:9 footage from any other camera in terms of capturing and editing. However, since the DVX doesn't have native 16:9 chips, it's extracted and blown-up from the 4:3 chips. So, it's not as detailed and crisp as 16:9 from a Canon XL2, but it does look very nice.
I'd recommend you shoot some test footage in SQUEEZE mode and see if it suits your purposes.
Josh
merc
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thank both of you very much, youve been such a help. please clarify this for me and i will completely understand.
Is the best thing to do to shoot in 4:3 and just edit it to 16:9 later if i must? I dont mind it being in 4:3, but i just want to know that the option of future 16:9 veiwing is there. And editing to 16:9 later is no different than shooting in stretch or letter box on the dvx100b because it has no native 16:9 chip? Is this correct?
One more question: should i shoot in 24p or 24p advanced if the final product is to be a dvd?
Thank you,
merc
Is the best thing to do to shoot in 4:3 and just edit it to 16:9 later if i must? I dont mind it being in 4:3, but i just want to know that the option of future 16:9 veiwing is there. And editing to 16:9 later is no different than shooting in stretch or letter box on the dvx100b because it has no native 16:9 chip? Is this correct?
One more question: should i shoot in 24p or 24p advanced if the final product is to be a dvd?
Thank you,
merc
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Shoot 4:3, but frame it for 16:9. Thsi means that use a screen overlay or some rubber bands to mask of the top and bottom of your screen.
Then edit in a 16:9 project in your NLE and crop off the top and bottom to use only the center 16:9 area of the image.
This method actually allows you to move the image up.and down in teh edit bay and actually choose exactly where you crop the 16:9 from your image.
This is exactly what the caemra does in squeeze mode, but A) you don't have the ability to re-frame vertically in edit, and B) your NLE will probabaly do a better job of the 16:9 crop than the camera will.
- Mikko
Then edit in a 16:9 project in your NLE and crop off the top and bottom to use only the center 16:9 area of the image.
This method actually allows you to move the image up.and down in teh edit bay and actually choose exactly where you crop the 16:9 from your image.
This is exactly what the caemra does in squeeze mode, but A) you don't have the ability to re-frame vertically in edit, and B) your NLE will probabaly do a better job of the 16:9 crop than the camera will.
- Mikko
Joshua Provost
Veteran
Yep, Mikko nailed it. The quality difference is so negligible that it's better to have the flexibility to reframe. I end up reframing nearly every shot I shoot in 4:3. Squeeze mode you have to nail on the first shot, so I have only used it when I wouldn't be involved in the editing and had to hand over the tapes when the shoot was done.
I would shoot SQUEEZE if I was going for a smaller than 16:9 ratio, like if I wanted 2:1 or 2.35:1, I would shoot SQUEEZE, since I could still reframe a bit.
I would shoot SQUEEZE if I was going for a smaller than 16:9 ratio, like if I wanted 2:1 or 2.35:1, I would shoot SQUEEZE, since I could still reframe a bit.