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Posted by Richard C. on 04/26/07 14:28
"Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote in message
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> A P&S version does not "open up" the image. P&S, short for Pan & Scan,
> refers to a specific process where the image is cropped horizontally and
> scanned, with the scanner panning across the image to keep the most
> important elements in the frame.
>
> The process you're referring to is "open matte," which is another way to
> create a 4:3 image from an originally WS image. In this instance, the WS
> image was originally created by cropping, or "matting," the image
> vertically from an exposed frame of film that was 4:3 or 16:9 in aspect
> ratio. In "open matte," the original matting or cropping is either
> eliminated or reduced.
>
> Some films use a combination of both methods above to create the 4:3
> image.
> So since a 4:3 version of a WS film can be created via multiple methods,
> as
> well as multiple combinations of the methods over the course of the film,
> I
> typically refer to them just as 4:3 to avoid confusion.
>
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I prefer to refer to them as "butchered".
All artistic presentation is ruined.
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