08-22-2007, 08:56 PM
What's the final deliverable--web video, DVD, film? As a general rule, I tend to think that you can get by with cropping 10% of the pixels for a DVD program and not notice significant degradation in quality. As the editor, you will notice the difference if you do an A/B test, but if you just see "B", you probably wouldn't know any different.
If you're delivering for web, you can usually get away with more, simply because frame size is generally smaller on the web.
let me know if you have any further questions--I do video for a living so I've had some experience doing exactly what you're describing.
good luck.
If you're delivering for web, you can usually get away with more, simply because frame size is generally smaller on the web.
let me know if you have any further questions--I do video for a living so I've had some experience doing exactly what you're describing.
good luck.