Trimming question

[unionoz]

Hi All,

I have captured from VHS to DVDMPEG in PAL format. Now down the bottom of the video there is small flickers (just along the bottom of the screen, though i have seen thison other captured movies). Is there a way to trim this down to remove the flickers or to letterbox the video

Any help appreciated

Thanks

[Krystopher]

What program are you using? Are you planning to burn these to DVD to watch on a television or on a computer?

I use Premiere Pro for my video editing. There is a "crop" transformation that allows you to specify how much to crop each side of the footage.

Another method is to increase the size of the video a bit. Up to, maybe, 105%. That will allow you to fill the entire screen but get rid of the "junky" edges (I get them on all four side when I digitize from VHS).

When I'm working on a VHS to DVD project that will mainly be watched on a television, I don't worry about the edges too much. They don't display on the television anyway because they're outside the "safe" zones.

Clark