Question about format

The Kid wrote on 7/24/2009, 7:25 AM
OK I have some footage that I shot while in France doing a wedding. I had my camera set to shoot 16:9. I think I got some pretty cool footage from there and wanted to upload it to shutterstock. First it was denied because of letterboxing, so I rerendered the footage putting a check mark next to the fill to screen (no Letterboxing) Now I get a frame around the whole thing. Ok So can I render it as a 4:3 and get what they want or is there no way to get this right. Also I had the render set to DVD widescreen so what would I set it at to get this right. Any and all help would be great and I thank you very much in advanced.
Daryl

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daryl wrote on 7/24/2009, 8:59 AM
I looked at the Shutterstock site, they don't give a lot of info, but it does say "at least 480 px in height", and "29.97 fps", "at least 4:3", so It sounds to me like you could give them 16:9 OR 4:3. I suggest you email them if you need more specifics.
Good luck!
The Kid wrote on 7/24/2009, 9:23 AM
Thanks I looked at the site as well. Its just that I keep getting a letterbox or a frame cant seem to get past that. I will keep on trying
Chienworks wrote on 7/24/2009, 10:19 AM
It sounds like your camera actually shot 4:3, with a 16:9 image shape letterboxed inside it. Does this sound correct?

Choose a widescreen project template. Drop your footage on the timeline and open up Pan/Crop. Right-mouse-button select in the cropping frame and choose 'match output aspect'. This will tell Vegas to only use the 16:9 portion of the video. Render to a widescreen format.
The Kid wrote on 7/24/2009, 10:40 AM
Ok I will try that and see if it works. Thanks so much for the reply. My camera is the HDR-FX1 that I was using and I had it set at 16:9.
Will the fx1 shoot like what you are describing?
Again thanks alot all.
Daryl
The Kid wrote on 7/25/2009, 7:37 AM
Chienworks I think that did the trick thank you so much. I did not even know that was there. It looks as though that solved the problem. I did read up on these cameras and i did not know that a lot of these prosumer cameras shoot a 4:3 and did a fake like 16:9 that would explain the letterbox. Anyway thanks again