Create Consume Delete » panavision http://createconsumedelete.com A weekly show about making media easy to make. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Your video guy Chris Cavs and your audio guy Rob Blatt talk about how to make creating media more fun and easier too. CCD includes the basics, tips and techniques, interviews and demonstrations of media creation. It's a show that teaches quality, not quantity. Rob Blatt and Chris Cavs no Rob Blatt and Chris Cavs contact@createconsumedelete.com contact@createconsumedelete.com (Rob Blatt and Chris Cavs) Blattcave Productions and Filmosity Productions A weekly show about making media more fun and easier to make. media, media creators, new media, filming, recording, podcasting, videocasting, Create Consume Delete » panavision http://createconsumedelete.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/CCD-144.jpg http://createconsumedelete.com What is the Anamorphic Format? http://createconsumedelete.com/podcast/278/what-is-the-anamorphic-format/ http://createconsumedelete.com/podcast/278/what-is-the-anamorphic-format/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:44:50 +0000 Rob Blatt http://createconsumedelete.com/?p=278
Illustration anamorph letterbox by Jailbird via Wikipedia

Illustration anamorph letterbox by Jailbird via Wikipedia

This week we talk about the anamorphic format, which is a filming technique used to achieve a widescreen image.

The anamorphic isn’t using letter boxing or black banding on an image, but instead an optical method is used. An anamorphic lens is a lens with convex glass that horizontally squeezes images down from a 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio to a 4:3 ratio. Projectors need have the same style lens in order to properly project the image. If you’ve seen a movie that has “Filmed in Panavision” during the credits, you’ve seen a movie shot in the anamorphic format.

Digital video cameras have a feature called “squeeze mode” which simulates an anamorphic lens. The image quality will suffer slightly because of this, but depending on your output format, the difference might be negligible. We will have a few videos about this later this week.

]]> http://createconsumedelete.com/podcast/278/what-is-the-anamorphic-format/feed/ 20 anamorphic,aspect ratio,black banding,letterbox,panavision,video This week we talk about the anamorphic format, which is a filming technique used to achieve a widescreen image. This week we talk about the anamorphic format, which is a filming technique used to achieve a widescreen image. Rob Blatt and Chris Cavs no