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Thanks so much David, this really clarified a great deal. best, Julius

Hey David and Stephen, Thanks for the responses, one more question for clarification sake. When you say a 16:9 Full-Frame you mean the image is vertically streched to fit the 4:3 ratio? (Trying to get clear on the terminology, in my readings they've been calling this full-height anamorphic). So my best bet if I wanted to avoid the mattes would be to treat it as almost an HD finish (which I wish I could afford) onto the digibeta at a 1.78 ratio. Does that mean the specific projector would have to have the capability to receive the signal and convert it appropriately for the 1.78 ratio (and then I guess if it can't, then that's what the 4:3 anamorphic would be for right?) All right, thanks again, essentially I'll need two masters, which is what I was expecting to create. best, Julius

Just completed a super 16mm short and framed for 1:85. Transferred to Digibeta at 1.78 (for extra room - just in case). The 1.78 image was streched to fit the 4:3 frame and will be properly letterboxed to 1:85 in the Avid. Question is about finishing. I'd like to project from a 1:85 image from digibeta master created from the avid. How should I finish to tape to allow for this? Trying to avoid projection the image having black letterbox on top and bottom. Basically would like it to digibeta image to fill normal 1:85 film screen. Any thought? Thanks!