I found this post regarding borders and all very clear. However, my question is, can you alter the colour of the borders (background) so that instead of Black you can alter to white etc. I have still images I have sequenced into an animation but they are not drawn to 16:9 or 4:3 ratios so can't avoid the borders, however they are drawn onto a white background therefore changing the border (background) to white makes for a full screen as such with the one background colour. Any ideas?
Thanks, A.
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The first thing to note is that if your image or video does not have the aspect ration of 16:9
then it will have borders.
Under normal circumstances HD video (1920 x 1080 pixels or 1280 x 720 pixels) has a ratio of 1.77 (16:9) and in VP willnot show black borders on the left or right of the image. However,in the right hand preview window there will will be a grey bar at the top and bottom of the image. These however are NOT part of the image and will have no effect on the output. In fact with images or video of this aspect ratio (16:9) the frame is filled.
If your film or image is a different aspect say 4:3 (800x600 pixels or 320x240 pixels or multiple of) is has a ratio of 1.33 ( or 4:3...there are other ratios also in use.) If this is the case then your image or film will be displayed correctly in the full VP preview frame of ratio 1.77.
In fact, the height of your 4:3 clip or image is automatically adjusted to fill the frame vertically but as the aspect is reduced it is not as wide as "normal" video and there will be black borders on the right and left.
Note that VP will not EXPAND your clip to remove these borders as that would deform your image. Using the crop function you can alter the aspect ratio of your image or clip. Cropping however inevitably means losing some of your image.
If you want to fill the VP preview screen you must therefore crop your clip to an aspect ratio of 16:9. Do not use the "none" option or "original" option. Click the 16:9 radio button when you do your crop effect. As mentioned, this inevitably means losing the top and bottom (or top OR bottom)of your image or clip. (You can move the red frame up or down with some small degree of selection.)
Now with a ratio of 16:9 your image height will be expanded to fit the preview screen and the width will reach from side to side. There will be no black borders. Further still, your image will display the full width uncropped. It is up to you what proportion of the sky or foreground you wish to lose.
However, if you output this 16:9 film as 320 x 240 (1.33)format then the result is a 16:9 movie with borders top and bottom. (The overall frame having the 1.33 aspect.)
The rule therefore would be:
input 16:9 output 16:9 No borders-full frame.
input 4:3 output 4:3. No borders
input 16:9 output 4:3 Borders top and bottom
input 4:3 output 16:9 Borders right and left
If you have to mix formats then you must decide which takes preference in the output.
VIDEO BLACK BORDERS CROPPING PROBLEM
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Hi Nat,
I found this post regarding borders and all very clear. However, my question is, can you alter the colour of the borders (background) so that instead of Black you can alter to white etc. I have still images I have sequenced into an animation but they are not drawn to 16:9 or 4:3 ratios so can't avoid the borders, however they are drawn onto a white background therefore changing the border (background) to white makes for a full screen as such with the one background colour. Any ideas?
Thanks, A.