Posted by Bob on 11/15/76 11:32

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:26:33 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> For example, TDA makes a thumnail in the same perspective as the clip.
>> I want it to be the same perspective for all thumbnails - like in MF4.
>> How do I do that?

> My understanding of "perspective" must be limited because
>the above paragraph makes no sense to me.

I meant aspect ratio.

>
> If you are referring to the aspect ratio of the thumbnails, there
>are three different parts involved. There is the aspect ratio of the
>"Frame", there is the aspect ratio of the "thumbnail" layer, and
>there is the aspect ratio of the clip itself. In TDA itself all the
>aspect ratios are maintained, when resizing.
>
> This may sound confusing, but is provided to give you an idea
>of how these factors can be manipulated, a short answer follows.
>The "Frame" and "Thumbnail" layers can be made to any
>dimensions, and thus aspect ratio. The clip or still image that is
>displayed on the thumbnail layer however is restricted to 4:3 or
>16:9 aspect ratios. This means that if you have a thumbnail layer
>that is shorter and wider, the image/clip will be fit to the width
>and only that portion of the image/clip that fits within the height
>will be displayed. (From the center of the image/clip) In other
>words, you would see everything from side to side but only a
>slice of the image/clip from top to bottom. As if the top and
>bottom had been cropped off.
>
> The short answer is that only 4:3 and 16:9 are supported.
>
> { This is the main reason the "Thumbnail Speck" trick was
>needed }

MF4 wins again with its ability to auto-size thumbnail images to a
consistent aspect ratio. No matter what the aspect ratio of my clip,
the thumbnail images all look the same in terms of their aspect ratio,

I have worked around this in TDA by using a wide frame for the
thumbnails, which masks off the larger image and makes all of them
look the same. However in one instance the frame covered up a small
part of the text on the thunbail. I can remake the clip to take that
into account.

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