widescreen/fullscreen part deux.

[peacefully.livejournal.com]

I'm redoing my Ever After caps and I posted a question yesterday. Which do you prefer screencaps of, Widescreen or Fullscreen? Most people said widescreen (usually with the added comment that fullscreen cuts stuff off) so I did a lot them that way. Then, when I compared the widescreen caps with one of my old full screen ones, I noticed just how much is missing from the widescreen ones. I guess how much is cut from what depends on the movie.
Examples:
widescreen.
fullscreen.

Now, there's no way I'm going to go back and redo the 229 caps I've already done (out of 33 minutes of movie), but the widescreen really seems to be missing a lot more than the full screen is, and I, personally, would prefer the full screen ones for making icons. I don't want the set to be mismatched, but I don't want to post a huge set of half-screen shots.
I think from now on, when capping a DVD that gives me the choice, I'll take one from each and see which cuts less off and do those, but I don't know what to do about my Ever After set.
So should I continue doing them wide screen, or do the rest of the set in fullscreen?

(if this isn't allowed, let me know and I'll delete the post.)

Comments

[fritters.livejournal.com]

I STILL say widescreen...gives you more material for iconage......

[peacefully.livejournal.com]

the full screen example has everything in it that the widescreen one does, plus about 3-4 inches of picture. How does widescreen give you more material for use in this case?

[fritters.livejournal.com]

Because when you square something (select a square piece) if theres more edge you can have more room to write on.

[peacefully.livejournal.com]

In this particular case though, there's not more edge, just less on the top and bottom. They did This (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/airforceone4.jpg) to the picture.

[devilwrites.livejournal.com]

If you're capping true widescreen, with the black bars on the top and bottom, THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING LEFT OUT OF THE PICTURE. I can't stress that enough. The example you just gave where the top and bottom was cropped out is NOT true widescreen. Someone just cropped that cap that way for their own purposes, which sorta sucks, but what can you do? And full screen, especially these days, always crops the sides of the pic.

I would suggest capping things in widescreen if there's a choice, because frankly, no matter what you're using the graphics for, there's more to work with. You can always crop the black bars out as well.

[peacefully.livejournal.com]

No, actually, the examples in my original post were from my own computer, with my own DVDs. Some companies film the movie in fullscreen, and then crop it for widescreen/theater release. See this site for details. (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/widescreenorama2.html)
I believe this is what happened with my Ever After DVD, and so I am asking would people rather me continue capping this movie in widescreen, which cuts out part of the picture, or full screen, which doesn't.

[devilwrites.livejournal.com]

Now that was an interesting article, I never realized some directors filmed movies that way, by filming a full fame and then making it "widescreen" for the theater, which I think is rather stupid. Why don't directors (and companies) simply put the filmed version of the film on the dvd, or give people a choice on the dvd rather make making a person buy one or the other? *kicks directors*

Anyway, that's obviously the choice you have, so good luck. :)

[fritters.livejournal.com]

Still, the top and bottom are still technically edges that allow more places to put words when you crop squarely.

[peacefully.livejournal.com]

See, that's exactly what I'm saying here. The top and bottom are edges you need that are cut out by widescreen, so why would you still want the widescreen? It's not like this on most movies, most movies include more picture in their widescreen release, but it actually depends on the director.
Let me explain, if in this instance, the widescreen crops out the top and bottom, but the fullscreen (which the movie was originally filmed in, so it's not cutting anything out) cuts out nothing at all, wouldn't the fullscreen be better because it includes the top and bottom which are "still technically edges that allow more places to put words when you crop squarely"?
See, some companies will film the entire movie in full screen and only crop it to widescreen after the fact for theater and widescreen DVD release, but the original movie was full screen and this is how they release it, in it's entirety, to fullscreen DVD and video tape. So if the widescreen cuts out 1/3rd of the picture, and the fullscreen cuts out nothing at all, wouldn't you prefer the fullscreen caps? More room to make the icon with?

This site (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/widescreenorama2.html) (which is actually very pro-widescreen) explains that some directors actually include more picture in their fullscreen releases. This is the case with the Ever After DVD, and the reason why I'm asking whether I should continue making the caps in widescreen, which I have proven cuts out part of the picture, or whether I should finish them in full screen, which doesn't.