[opendtv] Re: Redefining anamorphic

  • From: "Hughes Gary-DJWV76" <ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:16:16 -0400

More likely an anamorphic print is telecined flat, and the encoder told
to set the display AR to 16:9
The same mechanics and optics would be used to telecine an Academy AR or
matted widescreen 35mm print, just a different encoder setting.

gary

Gary Hughes
Video Architect, Advanced Engineering
Motorola On Demand Video, MA34
80 Central St.
Boxborough, MA  01719
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Economos
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:27 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Redefining anamorphic
> 
> I'm not an expert on this (and maybe there's one lurking on 
> the list), but if the content was telecined from film. there 
> probably is a lens system in the telecine machine that is 
> used to select between 16:9 and
> 4:3 letterbox for 720x480 output.
> 
> So maybe the term "anamorphic" applies by association?
> 
> Ron
> 
 
 
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