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January 26, 2024
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Letterbox / output blanking

  • January 26, 2024
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I'd like to suggest a new feature that allows users to use output blanking into both the timeline monitor and source monitor. This feature would be particularly useful for those working on 16:9 projects and timelines and with a blackmagic playback, enabling them to seamlessly add (for exemple) a 2.39 aspect ratio letterbox overlay to both monitors. Additionally, enhancing user control, it would be beneficial to have the ability to adjust the opacity of the overlay for added flexibility.

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    jason-hare
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    January 28, 2024

    You can create a simple mask in Photoshop that can be added to your sequence on a higher video track to make this work for sequence. Similarly Red Giant Universe comes with a tool called Socialise which can be used on the Twitter 2.39:1 preset to add guides to show you the region of interest.

     

    The source side would be a different story as the window is filled by whatever the source image dimensions are. For example if you load a 512x512 image it is a square image that fills the frame, so you would need a scalable viewer with a scalable mask. 

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