I have been experimenting with DSs SD 16x9 versus 4x3 project settings.
I am trying to understand what is happening "under the hood".
Since on tape, a digibeta ONLY records 720x486 pixels, I am making my
first assumption that DS is also doing the same. IE, that whether or
not you choose 4x3 or 16x9, there are only 720x486 pixels captured. Is
this true?
Beyond that, what is different between the two project setups. In a
16x9 project, I can see that in the viewing monitors on the workstation
output that the image is a correct 16x9 (not anamorphic). Fine. What
about generated text? Is the aspect ratio been correct when I generate
new text? What happens when I bring in a graphics effect from a 4x3 to
a 16x9 project?
I imported some footage from a 4x3 into this test 16x9 project and DS
seemed to scale it. What rules are used? What Scaling method? Can I
change the default if I need to (I already know the answer to that, just
bringing it up). And what happens in the opposite direction (16x9 to 4x3)?
Is there any doc on this? I did a search in the on board help in DS and
found nothing. Did I look in the wrong place?
So many questions. This is something that I would hope would be covered
in detail in documentation.
Thanks for reading.
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Jef Huey
Senior Editor
Henninger Media Services
Arlington, VA
v703.243.3444
f703.243.5697
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