Captured 2.35:1 in 4:3. Can I convert it to 16:9?

[axlish]

Thanks if you can help.

[guns1inger]

You can, and it's not that difficult. But you will probably lose quality. You need to crop it to a ratio of 1.78, which will have smaller black bars top and bottom, then resize it to fill the frame (this will probably softent he image to some degree, so you might want to carefully sharpen it a little), then re-encode as 16:9, and author as 16:9.

[Krispy Kritter]

Seems like a lot of work to create an image that won't be true 16:9. Your version will still be missing the part of the image that was removed to make 4:3.

[axlish]

I need to explain better.

I captured a 2.35:1 image in 4:3 mode, meaning I see the large black bars on the playback, on a 4:3 TV. I want to make this anamorphic enhanced, for better viewing on a 16:9 TV.

What program should I use to make this happen?

Thanks

[Donny661]

I think the previous posters understand what you are saying, but I don't think you understand what you are saying (no offense intended). If you catured the widescreen video in a 4:3 aspect ratio and then played it on a widescreen TV, the TV will stretch it vertically and horizontally. What it sounds like you want to do is stretch it vertically on your computer before you output it to DVD or through your video card to the TV. Doing this is will create an "anamorphic" video, but it does not gain any quality because your original video lost that resolution when it was captured at 4:3. If you don't understand the principal of anamorphic, widescreen, etc., this is a good guide: link.