Highlight a 4.3 clip and then select "crop image". In the menu select 16.9 and OK, the 4.3 image will be stretched to 16.9. The problem is, you can only do one image at a time, to get round this, select the stretched image, right click and select copy keyframe attributes.

Then with all your 4.3 images in the timeline, select the first, hold shift and select the last. Now all your images should be highlighted. When they are all highlighted, right click and select paste keyframe attributes. All images should now be stretched to 16.9.

Once you have all your 16.9 clips in the timeline select them all, once selected go to SLIDESHOW and from the selection choose TIMELAPSE.

I do hope this works - phew! Panny TM10, GH2, GH4,

Doesn't stretching mess with the image quality, though? When you say crop, do you mean remove some of the image on top and bottom?

GoPro Studio 2.0 has a 4:3 to WIDE option, but I think it involves stretching, which I want to avoid.

Try it with one image, and see if its what you want Panny TM10, GH2, GH4,

Hi kalash74 -

Have you already taken the shots for the timelapse? or are you preparing yourself? Have you tried shooting in WIDE mode? There's probably some inherent lens distortion, which may affect how you edit the photos.

You'd only be able to determine the best way to go about it once you had the photos.

For a timelapse, cropping is a reasonable option - as long as each photo is cropped the same! If they're not, the time lapse video will be a jittery mess

Another option which may work for you is to use Clip Attributes > Image Stretch > CLPV and Apply to All.

If you're starting with 4000x3000 photos and produce to a 4K profile or 1920x1080, cropping is probably less likely to mess with your photos. The cropped size will still be 4000x2250.

A couple of screenshots attached.

Cheers - Tony
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