What if "Call to arms - Sacrifice of angels" was a movie?

[bbjeg]

^You are loosing definition, especially with the stars in the first picture (though Dax does look cuter), and though your edit is more refreshing than the original, it not really needed.

When cropping the video for 16x9, keeping as much head room as possible would be my preference. Here, Garak's head is chopped off a bit. In this case, I would crop more from the bottom. Though I realize there will be times that it's going to be unavoidable.

Instead of cropping, some prefer to distort the image so that it covers the format without losing anything.

Uploading that specifically to YouTube reduces the entire movie to the enlarged format's true resolution.

 

[Inactive-Shapeshifter]

^You are loosing definition, especially with the stars in the first picture (though Dax does look cuter), and though your edit is more refreshing than the original, it not really needed.

When cropping the video for 16x9, keeping as much head room as possible would be my preference. Here, Garak's head is chopped off a bit. In this case, I would crop more from the bottom. Though I realize there will be times that it's going to be unavoidable.

Instead of cropping, some prefer to distort the image so that it covers the format without losing anything.

Uploading that specifically to YouTube reduces the entire movie to the enlarged format's true resolution.

So... No editing? Or better editing?

 

[bbjeg]

^Either keep it in DS9's standard format or scale down to a 16x9 scaling. If you scale up and upload it to YouTube, after it's processed, it will scale it back down.

On the other hand you can wait for the HD release to have a larger resolution but they may take some time.

 

[Inactive-Shapeshifter]

^Either keep it in DS9's standard format or scale down to a 16x9 scaling. If you scale up and upload it to YouTube, after it's processed, it will scale it back down.

On the other hand you can wait for the HD release to have a larger resolution but they may take some time.

C'mon! Can't i just upload it somewhere else?

 

[Tosk]

I can't speak for anyone else, but that distortion looks terrible to my eye. Cropping may not be perfect, but if you want to go 4x3 to 16x9, it's really the only way to go. Stretching (IMO) defeats the whole purpose of even bothering. to alter the aspect ratio.

A careful tilt-and-scan edit can look quite nice, a stretch just looks like someone didn't know how to set their television correctly.

 

[dub]

I can't speak for anyone else, but that distortion looks terrible to my eye. Cropping may not be perfect, but if you want to go 4x3 to 16x9, it's really the only way to go. Stretching (IMO) defeats the whole purpose of even bothering. to alter the aspect ratio.

A careful tilt-and-scan edit can look quite nice, a stretch just looks like someone didn't know how to set their television correctly.

I agree with Tosk.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

I think there are pros and cons for both solutions, IE stretching or cropping. The question is: What solution do we hate the least?

 

[Tosk]

What are the pros for stretching out the image?

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

What are the pros for stretching out the image?

Not losing any part of the initial image.

 

[Tosk]

You could do that by just keeping it the way it is.

Plus, he has to crop some footage anyway to lose onscreen credits.

 

[Inactive-Shapeshifter]

Ok, so i will try to get ride of the distortion. Nothing a little pan and zooming can't fix... i... hope....

 

[spinnerlys]

Thanks a lot for the support and suggestions people!

One thing tough, i recently noticed that After Effects don't support the output video files from the episodes, with, in my case, is mkv (and several other formats i've experimented with).

I've downloaded MKV2Vob but it mixes the audio track with the video and After Effects can't separate, the result is a video without audio track.

The supported formats lose a lot of quality! Any suggestions?

If you have the storage space, use MPEG Streamclip to transcode the H.264 encoded MKV files to DV PAL or NTSC encoded MOV or AVI files, since the DV codec is a much better editing codec than H.264.
You could also try the CineForm codec if you want.
1 hour of DV encoded footage takes 13 GB however, but nowadays that shan't be such a problem.

 

[bbjeg]

You could do that by just keeping it the way it is.

Plus, he has to crop some footage anyway to lose onscreen credits.

This. Cropping or stretching isn't really needed. You (Shapeshifter) would only be removing content to make it seem HD.

 

[dub]

I think we're using the term "cropping" in reference to scaling and repositioning to fill and fit the 16:9 screen which causes loss of some of the original (original=in this case, from the DVD rip) 4:3 footage. No actual cropping happens.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

I think we're using the term "cropping" in reference to scaling and repositioning to fill and fit the 16:9 screen which causes loss of some of the original (original=in this case, from the DVD rip) 4:3 footage. No actual cropping happens.

Pieces of the initial picture are removed though, right?

 

[bbjeg]

I think we're using the term "cropping" in reference to scaling and repositioning to fill and fit the 16:9 screen which causes loss of some of the original (original=in this case, from the DVD rip) 4:3 footage. No actual cropping happens.

DS9's SD resolution is 960x656 (a 60:41 aspect ratio). It can be cropped to 960x540 to match the 16:9 aspect ratio to fit a widescreen television.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

I think we're using the term "cropping" in reference to scaling and repositioning to fill and fit the 16:9 screen which causes loss of some of the original (original=in this case, from the DVD rip) 4:3 footage. No actual cropping happens.

DS9's SD resolution is 960x656 (a 60:41 aspect ratio). It can be cropped to 960x540 to match the 16:9 aspect ratio to fit a widescreen television.

So this means removing parts of the picture, right?

 

[dub]

I apologize guys. I was trying to clarify something, but it obviously didn't help. Just ignore me.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

Well, regardless, I'd love to see that movie when it's finished.

 

[bbjeg]

So this means removing parts of the picture, right?

Of the top or bottom.

(and I should have just said 6:4 to 16:9)