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- From: fontana@apache.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark Fontana)
- Subject: Circuit to vertically crop NTSC video (letterbox)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.165051.13069@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:50:51 GMT
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- Hi,
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- I'm interested in constructing a circuit to place in line while
- dubbing video between two standard NTSC VHS VCR's that would allow
- variable cropping of the image for a "letterboxed" effect. There would
- be two potentiometers (top and bottom) that would control how far the
- black borders extend into the image, with a range of "no black at all"
- to "black extends nearly to center of picture". This would make it easy
- to experiment with shooting video in different aspect ratios, ie. 1:1.85,
- 1:2.33. (The original video would be shot full frame just like film;
- I would impose the hard matte when editing or for final playback.)
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- I'm sure this effect can be achieved with computer overlay boards, Amigas,
- and consumer-level editing/effects consoles, but I don't have any of these,
- and a limited income. Is this a doable project? Has it been done before?
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- The frequencies aren't too high, so couldn't the top bar be done by
- cutting out the luminance for an adjustable time period after each
- vertical blank? The bottom bar could be controlled by an adjustable
- delay from the last vertical blank until the black begins (cut luma),
- after which the luma would remain cut until the cycle repeats.
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- It would be nice to have the black begin at horizontal sync to avoid a
- jagged edge, but this isn't ESSENTIAL.
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- Comments? Suggestions?
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- Mark Fontana
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