changing the resolution without streeeetching the source

[midnait]

i've been struggling all night to render a video in Vegas, which source resolution is 720x480, to a 1280x720 HD resolution video, without s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g the source video to fit...and i've failed severly through 10 test renders with all kinds of different settings and of course the stretch to fit box unchecked

basically, what i want is a video with big fat letter boxes all over the place, to upload on youtube and see what magic happens...

any help?

[guns1inger]

1280 x 720 is 16:9 widescreen. 720 x 480 can be either.

So, what is your source - 16:9 or 4:3 ?

[midnait]

1280 x 720 is 16:9 widescreen. 720 x 480 can be either.

So, what is your source - 16:9 or 4:3 ?

the source was captured as a wide screen signal, but recorded in a 4:3 ratio

however, i changed that within the source video's properties, so it's technically wide screen

[edDV]

the source was captured as a wide screen signal, but recorded in a 4:3 ratio

Do you mean recorded letterbox or horizontally compressed full height?

[midnait]

Do you mean recorded letterbox or horizontally compressed full height?

err...i recorded the source video from my wii, which is set to wide screen on my 4:3 tv and, apparently, 4:3 fixed dvd recorder...so the recording was technically the same as you would see on the tv without a 16:3 aspect ratio...or in other words: a vertically stretched image

but as previously mentioned, i fixed this by changing the ratio of the source in Vegas

to avoid any further confusion whatsoever, i've uploaded a screenshot



actually, i found a way around to keep the video size when increasing the resolution...but i want to see if anyone else have any clever solutions in their bag of tricks ~

[jagabo]

Crop 60 lines off the top, 60 lines off the bottom, stretch what's left to 1280x720.

[midnait]

...stretch what's left to 1280x720.

i think you completely lost my point..? .-.

[guns1inger]

How else will you get something small to fill out something big - or are you happy to have a psotage size image inside big black borders ?

[jagabo]

Then resize to 640x480 or some other 4:3 size and add black borders to fill out a 1280x720 frame. What's so hard about that?

[midnait]

...or are you happy to have a psotage size image inside big black borders ?

which is exactly what i'm striving for!

i do not want to stretch the image...i'm doing this as a HD test for youtube, thus i want to keep the quality as good as possible

[guns1inger]

I don't understand the point of the exercise, but this is how you do it.

Set the project properties to 720p to get 1280 x 720 resolution at the project level.

Drop your video onto the timeline.

Click on Track Motion. Click on the Preserve Aspect Ratio button (to turn it on - don't click if it is already on), then set the width to 720. If your video is 4:3, you are done. If it isn't, turn off preserve aspect ratio and adjust the vertical value until the image is correct.

Once you output the video the actual footage will be very small in compraison to the overall frame, so while you may feel you have preserved the quality, it sill lose a lot when it hits youtube and is shown in youtube's reduced window space.

[jagabo]

Youtube -- you'll get a video with black borders all around.

[edDV]

I don't understand what he's doing either.

[guns1inger]

I believe this is what he is after (warning 720p still image <- wide -> )

This is using a PAL 4:3 DV video, so yours will be slightly smaller again.

[edDV]

Ain't it beautiful?