Post #95699

Author: MeBeJedi
Parent topic: Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/95699/action/topic#95699
Date created: 8-Mar-2005, 8:30 AM

"So anamorphic, really means reformed, and in the way we use it in our terminology regarding the OT restoration from LD's, reforming is exactly what happens during the process of making an anamorphic transfer
After all, anamorphic lenses are actually distortion lenses... "

But in film terms, an anamorphic transfer is where the picture is shrunk (visually compressed?) into a smaller frame. When applied to DVDs, it is incorrect usage of the established terminology.