4:3 and 16:9 footage

[grinfish]

hi. I'm editing a video. I received 4:3 and 16:9 footage...
I had to convert all the footage to a different format..
so while i did that i also stretched all the 4:3 to 16:9..
is that very bad?
what should i have done instead? any ideas?

 

[LethalWolfe]

Yeah, by doing that you made everything look short and fat which is bad. What you should have done depends on what whether your final format is 16x9 or 4x3.


Lethal

 

[powerhouse7]

I would have probably cropped the 16:9 footage to 4:3. Or letterbox the footage.

 

[grinfish]

oh man!.. ok.. so lets say i redo it...
what do you mean letterboxing the footage?

 

[bimmzy]

oh man!.. ok.. so lets say i redo it...
what do you mean letterboxing the footage?

here's a guide by a bunch of people who have thought long and hard about this problem.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tvbranding/picturesize.shtml

you could pan & can 16:9to 4:3 also