Phillip Evanesce Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I have shot some DVX100B footage in letterbox mode, and when I get it into post and add certain effects to it, they bleed onto the letterbox margins. I realize that those margins are part of the image, but is there any way to confine the effects to the picture area only? I am editing in Vegas 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam Gagliardi Rabinovich Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) I personally use stretch-mode, not letterbox mode; it's a truer 16x9 plus better resolution. I don't know vegas, I use final cut, but this might work in vegas too: crop the frame until you remove all the video black (remember that black is part of the video, so all effects apply to it too), what remains should be the default black background which should be unaffected by effects. Edited October 30, 2007 by Noam Gagliardi Rabinovich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted October 31, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) Apply a new letterbox when you're all finished.;) Edited October 31, 2007 by Chris Keth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted October 31, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted October 31, 2007 Apply a new letterbox when you're all finished.;) Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Evanesce Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 Apply a new letterbox when you're all finished. ;) I hate to sound ignorant, but how would I do that in Vegas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted November 2, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted November 2, 2007 I've never used vegas but any halfway decent editing program should be able to do it. It's probably applied as a matte, final cut calls it a widescreen matte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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