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Hey guys, my first post in this forum... on a burning topic for me, lol
I would like to output some videos I am working on at 21:9, and am disturbed that only a limited number of aspect ratios are natively supported in PD16. I really hope this changes in the near future. I really don't want to use the top and bottom bars method as described above (no offence intended, just want to keep my videos at full resolution without waisting pixels on the black bars).
I read in a much earlier thread (regarding PD 14) that "You CAN alter the presets through a simple ini file "hack" procedure, though.". I have looked around extensively to find out how to do that and all links / info seems to have been removed. Can someone point in the direction where I can find out how to "hack" the aspect ratio in PD 16?
Thanks
The easiest way to get a produced video in a wide aspect ratio with no black bars is to go ahead and edit the video and produce it just as it is described up above. After you produce the video, it will have black bars. However, you can use a free video converter called handbrake (
www.handbrake.fr) to remove the black bars.
This is what I do, personally. It also cuts down on the file size by getting rid of the black bars, but it keeps the quality pretty high if you keep the quality setting < 20 RF.
After using handbrake, I think you will get the result that you want. It is much easier to use handbrake than to edit the hidden profile setting files in PD.