Be prepared for lots of complaints about the tops of people's heads being cut off. I'm sure the original video wasn't shot with the cropping in mind.

It always astounds me how hung up so many people get over aspect ratio. Sheesh. They should just enjoy the video, however it is,

Unless he is just stretching, in which case, the bride or bridegrooms will complain about the xtra weight. :)

Dave T2

Split the difference ... moderately obese bride with part of the top of her head cut off! That'll be real popular.

Thank you!!!!!
I downloaded it and it worked really great...yes I did have to check a few pics and clips to make sure the heads weren't cut off..Small adjustment..but it worked really well on about 95% of my clips...the problems found were:

-If you made two boxes side by side, on a few clips one box was larger than the other.
-The pics needed to be adjusted (no biggie, I only had 10
-I mostly stay in the safe area, so after going widescreen, the screen was still in the frame.

Great!! I just saved about a day's work...the downside is that I might buy this little tool.

"the bride or bridegrooms"

Perhaps bigamy is the way to go in China where there is a shortage of marriageable women. :)

(Sorry, I know you meant bridesmaids)

yeah, you are right. Shows how long it has been since I was married.

Thanks
Dave T2

Here's a "MatchAspect.js" script from WAAAAAY back: In fact, it's so old that "SonicFoundry" will need to be changed to "Sony".

// "Match Output Aspect" on all selected video events.

// No selection = ALL



import System.Windows.Forms;

import SonicFoundry.Vegas;



var zero : int = 0;



function GetSelectionCount (mediaType)

{

    var cTracks   = Vegas.Project.Tracks.Count;

    var cSelected = zero;

    var ii; 

    

    for (ii = zero; ii < cTracks; ii ++)

    {

        var track = Vegas.Project.Tracks[ii];

        

        if (track.MediaType == mediaType)

        {            

            var eventEnum : Enumerator = new Enumerator(track.Events);

        

            while ( ! eventEnum.atEnd() ) 

            {            

                if (eventEnum.item().Selected)

                {                

                    cSelected ++;       

                }

                

                eventEnum.moveNext();                            

            }

        }                                  

    }

    

    return cSelected; 

}



function GetActiveMediaStream (trackEvent : TrackEvent)

{

    try

    {

        if ( ! trackEvent.ActiveTake.IsValid())

        {

            throw "empty or invalid take";

        }                

        

        var media = Vegas.Project.MediaPool.Find (trackEvent.ActiveTake.MediaPath);

        

        if (null == media)

        {

            throw "missing media";

        }

        

        var mediaStream = media.Streams.GetItemByMediaType (MediaType.Video, trackEvent.ActiveTake.StreamIndex);        

        

        return mediaStream;

    }

    catch (e)

    {

        //MessageBox.Show(e);

        return null;

    }    

}



function MatchOutputAspect (keyframe : VideoMotionKeyframe, dMediaPixelAspect : double, dAspectOut : double)

{

    var keyframeSave = keyframe;

        

    try

    {

        var rotation = keyframe.Rotation;    

        

        // undo rotation so that we can get at correct aspect ratio.

        //

        keyframe.RotateBy (-rotation);



        var dWidth         = Math.abs(keyframe.TopRight.X   - keyframe.TopLeft.X);

        var dHeight        = Math.abs(keyframe.BottomLeft.Y - keyframe.TopLeft.Y);

        var dCurrentAspect = dMediaPixelAspect * dWidth / dHeight;

        var centerY        = keyframe.Center.Y;

        var centerX        = keyframe.Center.X;        

        

        var dFactor;

        

        var bounds = new VideoMotionBounds(keyframe.TopLeft, keyframe.TopRight, keyframe.BottomRight, keyframe.BottomLeft);



        if (dCurrentAspect < dAspectOut)

        {

            // alter y coords            

            dFactor = dCurrentAspect / dAspectOut;            

                        

            bounds.TopLeft.Y     = (bounds.TopLeft.Y     - centerY) * dFactor + centerY;

            bounds.TopRight.Y    = (bounds.TopRight.Y    - centerY) * dFactor + centerY;

            bounds.BottomLeft.Y  = (bounds.BottomLeft.Y  - centerY) * dFactor + centerY;

            bounds.BottomRight.Y = (bounds.BottomRight.Y - centerY) * dFactor + centerY;            

        }

        else

        {                          

            // alter x coords

            dFactor = dAspectOut / dCurrentAspect;            

                        

            bounds.TopLeft.X     = (bounds.TopLeft.X     - centerX) * dFactor + centerX;

            bounds.TopRight.X    = (bounds.TopRight.X    - centerX) * dFactor + centerX;

            bounds.BottomLeft.X  = (bounds.BottomLeft.X  - centerX) * dFactor + centerX;

            bounds.BottomRight.X = (bounds.BottomRight.X - centerX) * dFactor + centerX;

        }

        

        // set it to new bounds

        keyframe.Bounds = bounds;

        

        // restore rotation.        

        keyframe.RotateBy (rotation);

        

    }

    catch (e)

    {

        // restore original settings on error

        keyframe = keyframeSave;

        MessageBox.Show("MatchOuput: " + e);

    }    

}





var dWidthProject  = Vegas.Project.Video.Width;

var dHeightProject = Vegas.Project.Video.Height;

var dPixelAspect   = Vegas.Project.Video.PixelAspectRatio;

var dAspect        = dPixelAspect * dWidthProject / dHeightProject;

var cSelected      = GetSelectionCount (MediaType.Video);





var cTracks = Vegas.Project.Tracks.Count;

var ii;



for (ii = zero; ii < cTracks; ii ++)

{

    var track   = Vegas.Project.Tracks[ii];

    

    if (! track.IsVideo())

    {

        continue;

    }

    

    var eventEnum : Enumerator = new Enumerator(track.Events);        

    

    while ( ! eventEnum.atEnd() ) 

    {

        var trackEvent : TrackEvent = eventEnum.item();                                    

        

        if ( !cSelected || trackEvent.Selected )

        {                                            

            var mediaStream = GetActiveMediaStream (trackEvent);                

            

            if (mediaStream)

            {                                    

                var videoStream = VideoStream (mediaStream);

                    

                var dMediaPixelAspect = videoStream.PixelAspectRatio;

                var videoEvent        = VideoEvent(eventEnum.item());    

                var keyframes         = videoEvent.VideoMotion.Keyframes;

                

                var cKeyframes = keyframes.Count;

                var jj;

                

                for (jj = zero; jj < cKeyframes; jj ++)

                {

                    MatchOutputAspect (keyframes[jj], dMediaPixelAspect, dAspect);                                                                     

                }

            }

        }

        

        eventEnum.moveNext();

    }

}





Vegas.UpdateUI();

Thanks JetDV... I actually found this in an old zip file I once had...and it came from your website. I just re-visited it because it was a great place that had everything in one place...and I loved those newsletters. I know it must of been tons of work and thanks for all that info. I will be checking it out again...and chance of re-starting the newsletters?

Jetdv,

I ran the script and got this error:
C:\temp\match.js(38) : Variable 'TrackEvent' has not been declared
C:\temp\match.js(54) : Variable 'MediaType' has not been declared
C:\temp\match.js(65) : Variable 'VideoMotionKeyframe' has not been declared
C:\temp\match.js(85) : Variable 'VideoMotionBounds' has not been declared
C:\temp\match.js(147) : Expression must be a compile time constant
C:\temp\match.js(155) : Variable 'VideoStream' has not been declared
C:\temp\match.js(158) : Variable 'VideoEvent' has not been declared

I tried selecting the events, the clips...maybe it's not up to par with the latest version?? I also tried in Vegas 7 with same error.

if you have used v.9 or newer of vegas pro,
1st, change project properties to widescreen project, and move all media file to timeline then just click Tools > Scripting > Remove Letterboxing.

it's called to Match output aspect.

wish your success.

regards,
jacob kim

I just took the script, changed:

import SonicFoundry.Vegas;

to:

import Sony.Vegas;

and it ran fine in Vegas Pro 9 for me. I'd have to take it to a different machine to test in Vegas Pro 10.