The following table outlines the different aspect ratio selections available during conversions.
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Source
Conversion
Image
Letterbox
Anamorphic
Center Cut
Pillarbox
16:9 Zoom
14:9 Zoom
About
Driver
The 'about' page in Blackmagic Desktop Video Setup provides information about your
hardware's current driver and the last time your hardware was updated.
TIP
You can generate a status report by clicking on the status report 'create' button,
which lets you save a file containing technical information such as the video format
detected on your input and output reference, color space, color sampling and bit
depth, driver information, operating system and machine information. This report can
be useful if you ever need to contact our technical support team. The file is also very
small so can be easily emailed.
Product Notes
Changing the name of your Blackmagic Design equipment lets you identify each unit in the
Desktop Video Setup software and keep track of where and how it's being used. This is useful
if you have the same hardware in various locations on a network, plus it can be handy to name
the different units for their purposes, e.g., Edit Suite 2, Color Suite 1, etc.
Converted
Image
Scales the entire 16:9 HD image into a
4:3 SD frame leaving black bars on the
top and bottom.
Horizontally squeezes the 16:9
HD image into a 4:3 SD frame.
This setting cuts a 4:3 SD frame from
the 16:9 HD image. This aspect ratio
setting discards a portion from each
side of the 16:9 image.
Displays a 4:3 SD image inside an 16:9
HD frame. Black bars feature on the
sides.
Scales the 4:3 SD image to fill the 16:9
HD frame.
A compromise between Pillarbox and
16:9 Zoom. Minimal black bars with
slight crop top and bottom.
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