Black bars (Yes im new to this) 16x9 to 1080p

Ricky599

Newbie Joined: Apr 15, 2016 20:13 Messages: 3 Offline

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Apr 15, 2016 20:20

I've been trying to remove the black bars from my video which is 1680x1050. In the video preview section it shows black bars and once i got to the power tool section i try to change the aspec ratio to my liking but it seems to be locked and unable to move it to remove the black bars. Any way i can fix this and if have any questions that can help you better understand please ask.

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Anonymous

Apr 15, 2016 21:08

Hi, Ricky599!

Okay, I assume you're working with 4:3 aspect ratio clips, so the black bars will be vertical at either side of the image. Here's what to do:

1] Drop the video onto the timeline, you'll get a warning of Aspect Ratio Conflict(assuming your Power Director 14 is already set for editing in 16:9, this can be confirmed in a little indicator up near top-left of screen(near the cog wheel) Click "No" on the Conflict warning.

2] With the clip on the timeline, you'll see in the preview window, black bars either side of the image, Right-click on the clip in the timeline, scroll down to "Set Clip Attributes", another panel will appear, "Set Aspect Ratio" will be at bottom of that panel, left-click on "Set Aspect Ratio".

3] The next window you'll see is "Clip Aspect Ratio Settings", select "The Aspect Ratio of the video is 4:3", this will then give you two options, a) stretch clip to 16:9 aspect ratio, or b) use CLPV to stretch clip to 16:9 aspect ratio. Choosing the latter will retain proprtionality of the clip(won't make anyone appear to have "raided the refridgerator" LOL).

If however, your clip might already be in 16:9 but you're getting black horizotal bars at top and bottom of the screen, you can correct this again using step 2(set clip attributes, then set aspect ratio. You may need then to select "neither 4:3 or 16:9" which should then stretch your video vertically to remove the black bars at top and bottom of your secreen.

Cheers!

Neil.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online

Apr 16, 2016 03:46

Hi Ricky -

1680x1050 is a fairly common 16:10 monitor resolution. Sound like your clips might be game(?) screen captures.

Neil's advice about using clip attributes > set aspect ratio is correct. Select "Neither 4:3 nor 16:9" and choose between Stretch and CLPV - whatever looks best for your video.

I definitely wouldn't produce to 1920x1080 - bit too much of an upscale & it would be difficult to get a crisp image. 1280x720 would work much better.

Cheers - Tony

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JULIANNA4

Newbie Joined: Apr 10, 2021 12:24 Messages: 1 Offline

Apr 10, 2021 12:32

I did the stretchmode for all of my pictures in my project like said to do above but I have a lot of vertical pictures which of course, now, they are all distorted. Any other suggestions? Can I delete the stretch mode and start the process over? I tried to change the aspect ratio on a vertical picture but I can't seem to get rid of the stretch mode.

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Apr 10, 2021 14:09

If you haven't yet closed PD, just use the Undo button (or type Ctrl+Z) to restore the original aspect ratios. Otherwise delete the clips and replace them with the originals.

Stretch mode will always distort clips to fit, so if you want to remove black bars you'll either need to zoom in on the clip so the image fills the full frame (which means some parts along the other edges will be offscreen) or add a background image to provide a full frame. You often see this when someone has recorded a vertical video but the screen is horizontal.