Hi there. This might be a good question since I haven't found a definitive answer around here. I've got a series of pictures and wanted to make a project as 2.35:1 (21:9 and not 2.21:1).
Some people would recommend make a new project as 4:3 or 16:9 - "letterbox" (the only 2 DARs supported by DVD) and then what? I don't get a value such as 2.35:1 when I render as MPEG2. Only 2.21:1 is available. 720/2,35 = 306. 306 is not a multiple of 16. That will leave me the nearest option which is 304 (an error of -0,2%). What can I do?
Trying to render as 2.21:1 is also a problem, I guess.
Anyway, this is my workaround ( what I was trying to do) but it didn't work at all: File> Properties> NTSC DV Widescreen at 23,976, setting the width as 720 and the height as 304 - nearest option for 306). For each picture on the timeline, I set "match output aspect ratio" using pan/crop. As I rendered as MPEG2, I left the project as 720x480 and set the pixel at 2.21:1 - but then realized 2.21:1 is for PAL and besides, it's not 2.35:1.
Even if the project were at 2.21:1 (for PAL), the result would be 325 (320) and - anyway - the final result would be one of these two possibilities:
1) checking "stretch video to fit output frame" size would make the image shrink a little horizontaly;
2) leaving the box "stretch video etc.." would leave the letterbox but the picture seems too squeezed. What a mess...
What can I do to fix this? Can't Vegas render at any size in 16:9 letterboxing?Help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Most Aspect Ratios can be found here:
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/DVDs/AspectRatios/
Some people would recommend make a new project as 4:3 or 16:9 - "letterbox" (the only 2 DARs supported by DVD) and then what? I don't get a value such as 2.35:1 when I render as MPEG2. Only 2.21:1 is available. 720/2,35 = 306. 306 is not a multiple of 16. That will leave me the nearest option which is 304 (an error of -0,2%). What can I do?
Trying to render as 2.21:1 is also a problem, I guess.
Anyway, this is my workaround ( what I was trying to do) but it didn't work at all: File> Properties> NTSC DV Widescreen at 23,976, setting the width as 720 and the height as 304 - nearest option for 306). For each picture on the timeline, I set "match output aspect ratio" using pan/crop. As I rendered as MPEG2, I left the project as 720x480 and set the pixel at 2.21:1 - but then realized 2.21:1 is for PAL and besides, it's not 2.35:1.
Even if the project were at 2.21:1 (for PAL), the result would be 325 (320) and - anyway - the final result would be one of these two possibilities:
1) checking "stretch video to fit output frame" size would make the image shrink a little horizontaly;
2) leaving the box "stretch video etc.." would leave the letterbox but the picture seems too squeezed. What a mess...
What can I do to fix this? Can't Vegas render at any size in 16:9 letterboxing?Help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Most Aspect Ratios can be found here:
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/DVDs/AspectRatios/