Reality Check - Please? 16:9 and Steadyhand?

Grazie wrote on 3/3/2006, 10:47 PM
I use Dynapel's SH when I want "steadier" footage on my V timeline.

OK, I have a 16:9 PAL project. It's going fine. I have washed some footage thru' SH. It comes out 4:3 with Black Bars down each side. Now to "fill" back out to 16:9 I've noticed that the Properties>Media>Pixel Aspect Ratio has been converted to 4:3 - BUT I DO have an option to GO to 16:9. When I select this: 1.4568 (PAL DV Widescreen) : it would appear that the Steadied footage has refilled to 16:9.

Reality Check: Am I right in thinking and seeing this? Is THIS the correct thing to do?

Yes of course a tripod would have been the CORRECT thing - failing that, changing the Properties of this new Steadied Footage, is this correct? Looks right to my eyes.

TIA,

Grazie

Comments

farss wrote on 3/3/2006, 11:02 PM
Was the original footage 16:9?

It's pretty common for the 16:9 flag to get lost, causing Vegas to think footage is 4:3. I suspect you're right, just change the media properties to 16:9 and all will be well.

Bob.
Grazie wrote on 3/3/2006, 11:21 PM
It was shot using the "in-camera" Canon 16:9. And this plain footage looks good on the t/l. It fills the 16:9 no prob. I then "changed" the Props. Kinda works well.

The only issue I can see - due to SH interpolating - is a slight wobble on stationary objects, like chairs. But as I'll use very little of this footage I can live with it. I may alter the millisecond adjusts to bring this closer to reality.

There isn't any 16:9 recognition or adjustments available within SH. So it would appear to squash up the 16:9 to 4:3, steady process and then black bar it?

Thanks Bob,

Grazie
Serena wrote on 3/3/2006, 11:49 PM
DeShaker didn't give me any problems of this nature, but maybe it's different with HDV.
farss wrote on 3/3/2006, 11:53 PM
Well here's the thing.
16:9 video is pretty much the same as 4:3. All that happens is the aspect ratio of the pixels is supposed to be different when you record/shoot it and play it back. The exact same number of pixels are recorded.
There's a flag somewhere that's supposed to tell the display device etc that it is 16:9 and therefore to adjust the PAR, but much stuff doesn't do it or can't or the flag gets lost etc.

So I'd say that SH ignores the flag and therefore fails to set it when it writes the file out.

Interesting thought though, I wonder how much it's calcs might be thown off by the shot being wider?

Probably nothing to even warrant more than a passing thought.

Bob.
Jøran Toresen wrote on 3/4/2006, 8:12 AM
Take a look at this

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=359494

In particular may correspondence with Dynapel.

Joran