Putting a black background behind a 16:9 movie...

[Ispaydeu]

How do i put a black background behind a 16:9 movie, that way i can keep it at the tv's 4:3 ratio and wont have the movie get all squished up from dumb programs that automatically squish it up. Any recommenations or how tos? Thanks in advance!

[Ispaydeu]

come on, anyone? pleeeeassse heh

[flaninacupboard]

What the hell is your question? you have an anamorphic movie you want to add borders to? you want a program that can play back anamorphic video? you have a widescreen movie you want to make full screen? be a bit more specific.

[Ispaydeu]

I wasnt to add a a black 4:3 sized box behind my current sized 16:9 ratioed movie so that i would not have to cut the movie aspects to fit right. The programs i have dont burn it as a 16:9, then fit them to the 4:3 aspect and i was just wanting to find a way to put in a 4:3 ratioed box BEHIND the 16:9 film so that out of the top and the bottom are the black boxs like you see while watching a normal dvd. how would this be done, and with what programs?

[Paul_W]

I would think that a decent editor program would do what you want.

I tried doing what you asked about on Premier and it seems to set the border to black by default. You'll have to set the 16:9 clips to "Maintain Aspect Ratio" in the editor.