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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[16:9 is my favorite.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Greenscreener]]></name>
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			<updated>2009-04-25T14:06:34Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=Olsonstudios]If I use monkeyjam and export my videos in 4:3 then edit them in Movie edit pro 14 what can I do to get 16:9 format?
I prefer the look of 16:9 way over 4:3 (like my videos are in) however, I dont know how to do it.[/quote]

My digital camera and QCP9000 captures frames only in 4:3.  The capture programs I use have 16:9 masks (black bars at top and bottom) so I can simulate the part I'll be cutting off to get my framing right when I'm filming.  I then import all my 4:3 JPGs into VirtualDub (for PC) to crop them down to 16:9 and then resize to either 1280x720 (HD) or 856x480.  You can also export AVIs from  VirtualDub, but I usually import my re-sized images into MonkeyJam to do some frame manipulation and mouth movements editing.  At that point, MJam has no problem exporting whatever size images you import into it.

I experimented a little with 2.35:1, but found that it forced me to make my sets wider than I wanted to just to fill all that extra width.  16:9 is so close to even most theatrical releases (1.85:1), I figure it's good enough for most things.  Monster epic films are great at 2.35:1 though.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[AncientBricks]]></name>
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			<updated>2009-04-20T03:11:15Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[16:9 works best for me. (although none of my finished films have it. :P)]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[MMproductions]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/142/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-13T21:45:02Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I usually get ticked when people automatically associate 4:3 (or even 16:9) with poorer-quality films.

I think I had a fair amount of trouble early on when it came to using widescreen effectively. I made a small matte for my camera's LCD that has lines to denote 1:1.85 and 1:2.35 aspect ratios; it works quite well.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Night Owl]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/98/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-13T13:06:00Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[from now on I plan to keepall my videos to 16:9 because they look better on TV/monitors and youtube has 16:9 as there default so they look good]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[lego2motion]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/385/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-13T04:43:42Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[If I use monkeyjam and export my videos in 4:3 then edit them in Movie edit pro 14 what can I do to get 16:9 format?
I prefer the look of 16:9 way over 4:3 (like my videos are in) however, I dont know how to do it.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Olsonstudios]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/254/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-12T21:53:09Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I always use a 16:9 ratio.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Splash]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/106/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-12T11:20:05Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I use 2:1 on the moment, and for my next project i'll use it again. It just looks as a proffesional film.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[T.G-Tom]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[tom.gudde@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/89/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-12T08:53:08Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I am fond 16:9 myself but I often make 4:3 becouse most of my stuff is a blantent rip off of old B-Movies which typically don't use a wide format.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[SlothPaladin]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/411/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-12T04:36:54Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[How wide the image is.  Like, a TV has a taller, squarer shape than a movie in the theater.  It's notated by the numerical ratio of the picture's width to the picture's height.  So, a movie in 2.35:1 is 2.35 times as wide as it is tall.

Night Owl, you're right that 2:1 isn't unheard of, it is one of the experimental ratios used in the 50s and 60s.  (and, yes, [i]Apocalypse Now[/i], that's an anomaly I guess)  There are a lot of others that various studios tried during the same time, going as wide as 2.76:1 in [i]Ben-Hur[/i] and [i]20,000 Leagues Under the Sea[/i].  However, today, anything besides 4:3, 2.35:1, or 16:9 is pretty rare in new film/video work.

It's worth noting that a lot of people say 16:9 when referring to the NTSC and PAL standards that are very close (1.85 and 1.66, respectively, or something around there), 16:9 itself being a compromise halfway between the two.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Sméagol]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/28/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-12T04:23:13Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[What is it exactly]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[lil'jj]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[jacobjumper@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/9/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2009-04-12T02:44:33Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I use 4:3 on most of my things, but [i]Race[/i] is gonna have a 16:9 Aspect Ratio. I shot it with extra space up top/down below for the cropping.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[fib12345]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[fib12345@brickmation.net]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/172/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2009-04-12T02:08:58Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[1:2 isn't so uncommon; I think [i]Apocalypse Now[/i] uses it.

I've used 1:1.85 on most of my films. It's pretty standard, and the wide format is good for both set building and framing purposes.

On [i]Night of the Tater[/i], I used 1:1.33, both because I wanted to have more vertical compositions (though I don't know how effective that was) and so the film would look more like something from the 1920s or 30s.

I used 1:2.35 on [i]Hastings[/i] and [i]Narrow Escape[/i] because of the wide landscape shots.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Night Owl]]></name>
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			<updated>2009-04-12T01:58:15Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Hmm...I would think using non-standard aspect ratios like 2:1 and 16:7 could be a little undesirable, if only because it can cause confusion when it comes to video resolutions and formatting.

Personally I'm quite partial to 2.35:1, it's great for landscape shots with a large scope.  Sometimes it begins to look a little iffy with closeups, though.  When I parody something I tend to follow its aspect ratio (my infomercial [i]Magic Edge IV[/i] is in 4:3 like a TV infomercial would be, my Star Wars videos are in 2.35:1, and my Godfather parody [i]The Pepperonis[/i] is in 1.85:1) but generally I like 2.35:1 if I want to make something look really cinematic.  If I'm entering something to a non film-related contest I compromise with a 16:9 ratio so they won't be freaked out by the large black bars on the top and bottom that a 2.35 ratio creates.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Sméagol]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/28/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-11T23:18:09Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Aspect Ratios]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[16:9 it fills up a wide screen TV and you can cut it to fit a regular TV.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Regan]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[regan1994@live.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/324/</uri>
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			<updated>2009-04-11T22:28:04Z</updated>
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