Device Aspect Ratio / Background Pic not displayed correctly

Tailland wrote on 7/31/2004, 2:27 PM
Hello

I do have a question. I would like to implement a background picture in my project which I drawed myself. This picture has a resolution of 720x576...
Whenever I turn on the option "Simulate Device Display Aspect Ratio" the picture gets stretched in width...
I can only prevent this by applying a different setting to "Menu page properties/Backgroud/..". Only when I choose "Letterbox" there the background is displayed correctly but then there are black bars around the picture when previewing.

What am I doing wrong ? Must I make a picture with a different resolution? Maybe I lack a basic understanding of DARs or something.

BTW: Can I apply a different ARs to menu and film (4:3 for menu e.g. and 4:3 anamorph for the film) ?

Thx.

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SonySDB wrote on 8/3/2004, 6:52 AM
The pixel aspect ratio is not 1.0 so, the image is stretched. When simulate device display aspect ratio is off, the pixels are shown with a ratio of 1.0. (That's why it looks as you expect.) When it is on, it shows you how it will look on the device (i.e. DVD).

So, you need to take the device aspect ratio into account when creating your background picture. The easiest way is to make your background picture 720x527. (I assume you're project is PAL.)
Tailland wrote on 8/3/2004, 3:12 PM
hello
i tried that (i made a 720x526 pic actually) but i had to enable "letterbox" so it was shown 1:1...
i read a lot about that and i found an info that 786x576 would be the right resolution for a real 1:1 display... this actually works for me...