Adobe 25510629 User Guide - Page 98
Changing the scale of the input, select Scale To Fit.
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TIP By turning a standard-definition clip sideways, you can use footage from a standarddefinition camera in a high-definition scene. What distinguishes HD from SD is the number of horizontal lines (scan lines, or rows of pixels) in the image. Since SD NTSC video is 720x480 in its regular landscape orientation, rotating the video to portrait mode produces 720 lines of resolution. To create footage for use in an HD scene with an SD camera: 1. Shoot the input clips with the SD camera turned sideways. 2. Assign the resulting 720x480 clip to a 16:9 virtual set with a background that has at least 1280x720 resolution. 3. Enable the Plus-90 mode. This rotates the input clip 90°. If Scale To Fit is enabled- which it is by default for the input clip-then the image also automatically shrinks so that it fits in the vertical dimension of the set. You can change the scale and position if necessary to achieve the desired composition. 4. When everything else about session is set as desired, save the output movie with the resolution set to 1280x720. The advantage of shooting with an HD camera versus an SD camera turned on its side is that you have room for the subject to move around. But you also have something to gain by turning the camera sideways-1920 lines of video instead of 1280. If you zoom in on HD video in its normal landscape orientation, you will soon run into pixelation as the zoom ratio exceeds the 720 or 1080 lines. With the camera turned on its side, you can shoot footage that you can then zoom in on much more in Ultra without pixelation problems. Changing the scale of the input To shrink or enlarge the input, Shift-drag the Input Offset grid vertically, or enter a value in the Scale field. Scaling an input source to fit the virtual set If the aspect ratio of a source image or video does not match the aspect ratio for a session (4:3 or 16:9, which is set by using the Output tab), then by default Ultra zooms to the center of the image so that it fills the frame, cropping either the sides or the top and bottom. To scale the source so that the full image is displayed within the Output Preview Monitor, select Scale To Fit. For fine control of changes to these grid controls, Alt-drag. This refines the response by a factor of 10. The right-click menu for the Input Offset grid control provides options for resetting values individually or collectively and performing common rotations, flips, and zooms. 98 How to TIP NOTE