Al
Mon Jul 18 21:34:11 CDT 2005
Rehan, Do you actually verify these provide the desired effect?
For instance this one doesn't work as there are typos that need to be
corrected. But that's only the beginning. According to my testing it does
not restore/maintain correct aspect ratio, as it is resizing both the
vertical and horizontal by the same percentage. Sure it now fills the
screen height but in doing so the width is also increased. What is needed
is the ability to resize the X and Y independently.
Similarly for the Rotate & Size one you posted couple days ago.
"Rehan" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:%23LNM6q%23iFHA.2484@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Most widescreen TV's also have a zoom feature to enlarge the 4:3 frame to
> fill in the 16:9 screen by cropping away the top and bottom edges... Can
> you not use that feature?
>
> Within Movie Maker you can convert the video footage to widescreen by
> applying a static zoom-in effect as described below. First change the
> output aspect ratio to 16:9 from Tools->Options->Advanced. Then apply the
> following static zoom to your 4:3 clips.
>
> The following xml code defines a custom effect for movie maker. To use it
> copy paste the code into notepad or any other text editor and save it as
> crop.xml in "C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX" folder. Make
> sure the saved file has extension ".xml". Restart Movie maker so that it
> loads the new effect.
>
> <TransitionsAndEffects Version="1.0" >
> <Effects>
> <EffectDLL guid="{B4DC8DD9-2CC1-4081-9B2B-20D7030234EF}">
> <Effect name="Zoom Fixed 75%" iconid="33">
> <Param name="InternalName" value="Simple3D" />
> <Param name="ScaleA" value="1.3333" />
> <Param name="InitialScaleA" value="1.3333" />
> </Effect>
> </EffectDLL>
> </Effects>
> </TransitionsAndEffects>
>
>
> Note look for a new effect named "Zoom Fixed 75%" in the effects area.
>
>
>
> --
> Rehan
> MS MVP -- Digital Media
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
>
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>
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> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
> news:OQHtSO9iFHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Take the video footage into something like VirtualDub and use it's
>> features to crop and resize so the video has 16:9 proportions.
>>
>> Movie Maker could then keep it in widescreen format during editing and
>> saving...
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>> "Scott Micale" <hrm_admin@news.postalalias> wrote in message
>> news:O8pRU68iFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>I know this really isn't a MM question, but I was hoping that some of you
>>>video guru's could shed some light on this for me. I use MM, but I am
>>>now starting to get into more upscale video editing software like Adobe
>>>Premiere Pro 1.5. My question has to do with 4:3 vs. 16:9. I have just
>>>a regular DV Cam which I assume it does 4:3. I have a 57" Widescreen TV
>>>that I want to take my video footage and play it on it. With my TV being
>>>16:9 will I have black bars on the right and left of my screen because it
>>>is recorded in 4:3? Is there a way to get that footage to play without
>>>the bars on both sides and still look proportional? I can live with
>>>having the bars on the top and bottom. Any help on this would be great!
>>>
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>>> Scott Micale
>>> Director of IT
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>>>
>>>
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