Full screen to wide screen conversion in pd7

jaschlicht1

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May 14, 2009 12:12

I am putting together a High School end of the Season Track video. I have been asked if I can do both the full screen and wide screen formats. Is there a way to convert one format to the other. I have done mine using the full screen format and wondered what it would take to do this in a wide screen format.

ynotfish

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

May 14, 2009 13:42

Easily done Jeff.

I guess by "full screen", you mean 4:3 aspect ratio... and you want to change it to "wide screen" (16:9). Yes?

Just right click on the video track and select "Set Aspect Ratio" - choose which option you want.

You should have a look at Dafydd's tutorial...

http://docs.cyberlink.com/event/PDR-gallery/play.jsp?nFileId=1340

Cheers -

Tony
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jaschlicht1

Newbie Joined: Nov 10, 2008 13:15 Messages: 25 Offline

May 14, 2009 16:03

Thanks for the reply Tony.

If I understand correctly, I can put a movie together in powerdirector in the 4:3 aspect ratio and then change it to the 16:9 ratio. So if I have a movie saved in the 4:3 ratio, I can save it as another file and then go in and change that file to 16:9???? I tried to view the tutorial, but my computer would not play anything.

Jeff

pjc

Senior Member Location: Aus Joined: Sep 12, 2008 03:48 Messages: 262 Offline

May 14, 2009 16:16

Hi Jeff,

You have a couple of choices:

1. Once you have made your 4:3 project you can change the aspect ration of the entire project by going into the project file data and "hacking" the file as per Tony's link. Always make a copy of the project file before you do this ...just in case.

2. Render the 4:3 project and then start a new project in 16:9 format and just drop the 4:3 video file in it's entirety into the time line and render as 16:9. Depending on the aspect flags you might have to force the aspect ratio of the video by right clicking > set aspect ratio. This way of course means re-rendering with possible loss of quality but is pretty easy to do vis option 1.

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

May 14, 2009 16:27

Quote: .... the aspect ration ......

I thought I was the only one who did that sort of typo.... glad to see it is a virus!

Dafydd

pjc

Senior Member Location: Aus Joined: Sep 12, 2008 03:48 Messages: 262 Offline

May 14, 2009 17:41

Quote:

Quote: .... the aspect ration ......

I thought I was the only one who did that sort of typo.... glad to see it is a virus!

Dafydd

No Dafydd... not a typo at all; I was referring to the ability of PD to ration the video footage so not to take up the entire screen if you change the project to widescreen.

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ynotfish

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May 14, 2009 19:24

Dafydd! Dafydd! Dafydd!

How silly of you not to understand that!

Tony
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Dafydd B

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May 15, 2009 02:49

Of course, ration... as in less of, drat, you guys are so smart

Dafydd