Originally posted by: Dunedain
Max_Rebo: You mean the image itself (not counting the black bars) in the TB version is squashed vertically? Meaning that Leia in that screen shot you posted is made to look shorter in the TB version than she looks in the U.S. SE widescreen laserdisk set in that scene? If that's the case, there's no way to correct for that, as the source image itself has already been squashed.
Is it noticeable, or is the squashing effect so tiny that even if you were watching the TB version and the U.S. SE widescreen laserdisk side-by-side on different televisions that you couldn't see the difference? Thanks for any info.
Max_Rebo: You mean the image itself (not counting the black bars) in the TB version is squashed vertically? Meaning that Leia in that screen shot you posted is made to look shorter in the TB version than she looks in the U.S. SE widescreen laserdisk set in that scene? If that's the case, there's no way to correct for that, as the source image itself has already been squashed.
Is it noticeable, or is the squashing effect so tiny that even if you were watching the TB version and the U.S. SE widescreen laserdisk side-by-side on different televisions that you couldn't see the difference? Thanks for any info.
Yes everything appears squashed vertically and it is noticeable, but it is very easy to correct by just stretching the image a little vertically and/or adding a small amount of pillar boxing in the over-scan area, trust me everything will look right at the end, this was one of the first things I did and would need to be done for the PAL to NTSC conversion anyway.
my intention is to make sure that the aspect ratio matches the official DVD exactly so that it is easier for people to use in editing.
Have faith.