Pictures cropped when movie saved to mini DV

Posted: 03-10-2006, 11:20 AM
When I transfer my movie to my mini DV using the fire wire, many of the still
pictures in the movie have the edges cropped off (with necessary text). When
I save to my computer, these same pictures are not cropped and appear normal.
I'm using a Panasonic PV-GS31 mini DV camera. i've tried changing the aspect
ratio from 4:3 to 16:4, but the pictures are distorted, so that doesnt' help
me with the cropping problem. Can anyone help me prevent this cropping
problem when I save to my mini DV?

Thanks,

BW
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eeyore
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Re: Pictures cropped when movie saved to mini DV
Posted: 03-10-2006, 03:15 PM
I have the same experience:
Having reviewed the products I believe it is my video player that zooms
a bit and not the fault of any of the steps in the moviemaking process.
I'm afraid my solution is a custom title that puts the title low on the
picture but not so low it gets cut off.
Examples cam be found at moviemakers forum.
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Fo...spx?ForumID=28
Along with a lot of other useful stuff.

Hope this helps


Eeyore

Brian wrote:
> When I transfer my movie to my mini DV using the fire wire, many of the still
> pictures in the movie have the edges cropped off (with necessary text). When
> I save to my computer, these same pictures are not cropped and appear normal.
> I'm using a Panasonic PV-GS31 mini DV camera. i've tried changing the aspect
> ratio from 4:3 to 16:4, but the pictures are distorted, so that doesnt' help
> me with the cropping problem. Can anyone help me prevent this cropping
> problem when I save to my mini DV?
>
> Thanks,
>
> BW
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yardgames
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Re: Pictures cropped when movie saved to mini DV
Posted: 03-11-2006, 06:45 PM
That's what's referred to as a safe title region. Most televisions and
consumer electronics devices chop off approximately 10% of the video or other
content around the edges of the screen. Computers display the entire video.

"eeyore <"rob.pugh"@" <" wrote:
> I have the same experience:
> Having reviewed the products I believe it is my video player that zooms
> a bit and not the fault of any of the steps in the moviemaking process.
> I'm afraid my solution is a custom title that puts the title low on the
> picture but not so low it gets cut off.
> Examples cam be found at moviemakers forum.
> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Fo...spx?ForumID=28
> Along with a lot of other useful stuff.
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> Eeyore
>
> Brian wrote:
> > When I transfer my movie to my mini DV using the fire wire, many of the still
> > pictures in the movie have the edges cropped off (with necessary text). When
> > I save to my computer, these same pictures are not cropped and appear normal.
> > I'm using a Panasonic PV-GS31 mini DV camera. i've tried changing the aspect
> > ratio from 4:3 to 16:4, but the pictures are distorted, so that doesnt' help
> > me with the cropping problem. Can anyone help me prevent this cropping
> > problem when I save to my mini DV?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > BW
>
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