cropping stills for NTSC DVD widescreen

stevem99 wrote on 9/8/2009, 5:43 AM

The resolution of the preview window for NTSC DVD widescreen in VMS is 873x480.
(1.212 PAR). The resolution standard for NTSC DVD widescreen is 853x480. 16/9*480=853. (correct me if I'm wrong). What is the best approach to cropping stills to view on a standard 16/9 widescreen TV ?

Should I stick with 873 or should I set VMS to a custom number of 853? I don't care about
losing 10 pixels per side, as long as there are no black bars on the top or botttom with the slightly wider 873.

Thanks

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musicvid10 wrote on 9/8/2009, 7:40 AM

Can't tell you the "best" approach for you, but the most commonly used method is to start with stills that larger than your output dimensions, and using Event Pan/Crop to do just that and fill your frame.

Lots of detailed posts and tutorials about this. Do a search.