Joining vertical and horizontal video clips

trog

Newbie Location: Adelaide Australia Joined: Dec 12, 2017 18:44 Messages: 2 Offline

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Dec 12, 2017 18:54

I want to create a DVD. I have a vertical and a horizontal video clip i need to join to make the movie. What is the best way (aspect ratio) in which to work with these clips for best outcome?

Just a home movie of some horse training but I want to be able to view as much detail as possible. (Have Director 15)

Ta

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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Dec 14, 2017 01:40

Since you are creating a dvd I assume this is for viewing on a television. I would set the resolution to the horizontal clip and then expand the vertical clip to see the action, but not so mush as to destort it. You will probably have black bars on the side. Just my opinion. __________________________________
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trog

Newbie Location: Adelaide Australia Joined: Dec 12, 2017 18:44 Messages: 2 Offline

Dec 14, 2017 05:10

Quote Since you are creating a dvd I assume this is for viewing on a television. I would set the resolution to the horizontal clip and then expand the vertical clip to see the action, but not so mush as to destort it. You will probably have black bars on the side. Just my opinion.

Thank you for responding. I tried working in a 16:9 ration and rotating the vertical video and expand its size but when I produced the video it was vertical again. So I am still looking for a solution.

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Dec 14, 2017 06:48

Try adding a color board to the main video track. Add your videos to the second video track. You should be able to do some resizing and rotating.

Remember that a standard DVD is also standard video (4 by 3). If you want to get higher quality, use 16 by 9. If you want to burn it to disc, you can either burn an AVCHD disc (about 30 minutes of video) or blu ray. You can also consider burning the HD video to a thumb drive and play the video from there. .
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ynotfish

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

Dec 14, 2017 13:38

Hi trog -

Another commonly used method - similar to Steve's colour board idea - is to insert the video in Track 1 & Track 2. Resize, reposition & blur the video in Track 1. They do that in news reports very often.

Screenshot of timeline attached.

Cheers - Tony


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