im trying to do this on my new movie, but i cant figure it out

im using premiere 7 (premiere pro)

amraam said to draw black bars using photoshop (done) and then superimpose them over the clip

whenever i do this it shows only the black bars with a white background. when i try to adjust the opacity the white goes clear, but you can also see through the black bars

help anyone?

my email is pjmcevoy AT hotmail.com

im on msn also

thanks

I don't know Adobes Premiere but what I know is, that black bars can easily be added to a movie with VirtualDub.

You can grab VirtualDub at http://virtualdub.sf.net

It is free software under GPL license.

Titan3025

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have downloaded virtual dub, but i cant see how i can add black bars

amraam, how did you do it!!!!!????

cant figure it out GRRRRR!

disregard all, i got it

ahhh... thats better

Glad you got it working Raven

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yep, although at first i made the letterboxing too small, so i had to draw bigger ones and render it again

too bad i cant upload the finished article (im on 56k, and wont be back to broadband till the 22nd of october)

to make them in photoshop.
You have to use a alpha channel.
So that the middle(your white background) will be transparant.
And then save as a targa 32 bit.
And then it should work.

if you need more info about it, just tell me.

S!

Guys..Could someone tell me that "Letterboxing" is??

How does it look like?

Best Regards


Falcon

letterboxing is basically black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

in the traditional sense, this was done (usually films and DVD's)to ensure that, on a conventional TV (i.e. a 'square' or 4:3 ratio) that the aspect ratio of a film was preserved, and the film could be seen in widescreen, as the director intended, becuase if you look at a cinema screen, it is much wider then it it high (a 16:9 ratio)

since this could not be preserved on to a regular tv, black bars were put to fill empty space (otherwise a film would be streched vertically, and it would be distorted)

if you ahve a widescreen TV, and watch a DVD, you wont have this problem, and all the screen will be filled

for an example in lock on terms, see glowing amraams - superior fighters, or his silent kill. also little donkeys unleash hell has it too

the reason ive put it into my latest is because i think it gives the film a more 'cinematic' feel. Some of the shots in my latest are (i think) sweeping and epic, and i hoped to enhance this by adding black bars top and bottom

Yeah, you need any help or tips, ask Little Donkey, he tought me a whole load of stuff about editing and Vegas

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S!

thanks for the reply and answer to my question on letterboxing Raven. Great info.

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Yeah, you need any help or tips, ask Little Donkey, he tought me a whole load of stuff about editing and Vegas

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Sweet! I purchase "Vegas 5.0" last month and learning all the great options & techique's that Vegas can create.

Thanks for the reply Amraam.

Does "Little Donkey" have any tutorial's on letterboxing or any other techiques using Vegas?

Thanks for the help guys


Best Regards


Falcon

Vegas can do the letterboxing w/no problems. It's just one of the options in the program.

S! RuGGBut

Sweet info!! Thanks

Best Regards

Falcon