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Posted on August 29, 2011 (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/) by Michael

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A 90 second tutorial on exporting 1080p widescreen (16:9)

footage to Cinemascope aspect ratio (otherwise known as
Panavision or Anamorphic Scope 2.35:1 ratio).
In this example, I used 100 pixels on the top and bottom.
TRUE 2.35:1 cinemascope aspect ratio would be 132px on
top, and 131px on bottom (or vice versa). The final output
would be 817px tall.

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To find the amount to crop off the top and bottom,

subtract your pixel number (817px here) from your
source footage height (1080px) and divide it by two. If it is
a decimal number (such as 131.5), even it out to whole
pixels (i.e. crop 132px from top, 131px from bottom).
Here are some examples of aspect ratio conversion
methods. These are all assuming 19201080 footage. If
your SOURCE footage is 1280720, your width would be
1280; if your SOURCE footage is 720480, your width
would be 720; and so on.

 16:9 to 2.35:1 / Cinemascope / Anamorphic / Panavision

Aspect Ratio:
SOURCE footage width (1920) DIVIDED BY 2.35 = 817px
tall
Crop 132px off top, 131px off bottom.
16:9 to 1.85:1 / Academy Flat / Flat Aspect Ratio:
SOURCE footage width (1920) DIVIDED BY 1.85 = 1038px
tall
Crop 21px off top, 21px off bottom.
As a bonus, here is the method for converting your 4:3
aspect ratio video to regular 16:9 widescreen (assuming
640480 footage):
4:3 to 16:9 Regular Widescreen Aspect Ratio:
SOURCE footage width (640) DIVIDED BY 1.778 = 360px
tall
Crop 60px off top, 60px off bottom.

Other Tutorials:
Slow Motion from pictures tutorial (/slow-motion-from-pictures-after-effects-tutorial/)
Color Correction tutorial the RIGHT way! (/how-to-color-correct-in-after-effects-the-right-way/)
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26 comments on 2.35:1 Cinemascope

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sunil

January 23, 2013 at 8:49 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-29)

hai,thanks for article..helped me.I have one more

doubt,would be great if u can explain me how to solve
it. I have some footage shot in canon 5d..resolution is
19201080.I have some footage shot in 2 perf

(http://devowe.com/slowmotion-from-picturesafter-effects-tutorial/)
Slow Motion From
Pictures! (After Effects
Tut)

negative..there source ratio is 2048 x 784.I have to apply

(http://devowe.com/slow-

dissolve between 2 clips of these 2..I can in dissolve one

motion-from-pictures-

can make out the wrong cropping..please let me know

after-effects-tutorial/)

how can I crop/convert my 5 D footage to match my 2

perf cropping
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Michael (http://devowe.com)

February 14, 2013

(http://devowe.com/howto-color-correct-in-aftereffects-the-right-way/)

at 10:24 am (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-

How to Color Correct in

After Effects (The RIGHT

tutorial/#comment-30)

Way!)

Hi, crop your 19201080 footage down to

1920735 and reduce your 2048784 to

(http://devowe.com/howto-color-correct-in-aftereffects-the-right-way/)

1920735 to match your 5d footage. That way

both footage will be 1920735. Hope that
helps.
-Michael
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(http://devowe.com/60pto-24p-slow-motiontutorial/)
60p to 24p Slow Motion

boyet

Tutorial
May 9, 2013 at 5:38 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-

(http://devowe.com/60pto-24p-slow-motiontutorial/)

anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-31)

Thanks. This is the best solution i found in the web.

some just put black bars on the top and bottom but
cropping during the output is the real thing..
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May 9, 2013 at

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Great, glad to hear you found it helpful!

-Michael
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krishnakumar (http://no)

January 5, 2014 at 1:34 pm

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dear sir/madam
i would like change m2v file aspect ratio , it is possiple if
yes , how to do this? pls letme know
file is 1920 *1080 , and i need source file 1920*806 m2v
video only file- 24fps- aspect ratio 2.39:1
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Michael

January 6, 2014 at 10:19 am

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Import your video into Premiere and export

with the settings demonstrated in the tutorial
(crop the top and bottom of the video so the
dimensions are 1920806).
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Thilak

February 11, 2014 at 11:27 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-1990)

Respected Sir:
How to mark cinemascope in view finder of a camera.
Please help to mark cinemascope in Canon 700D, 7D, 5D
Markiii and red one
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Michael

February 13, 2014 at 8:37 am

(http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratiotutorial/#comment-2006)

Hi Thilak,
1) Create an image that is the size of your
composition in Photoshop or other image
manipulation program
2) Make black bars on the top and bottom to
the crop ratio you are planning on exporting
to
3) Print from Photoshop, cut out the center,
and tape to the back of your LCD
Hope that helps!
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jai

May 21, 2015 at 2:15 am (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-

anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-33933)

Hi ther, does it applies to thr footage which took in dslr

with aps-c sensor or cam should be fyll frame?
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Michael

May 21, 2015 at 7:25 am (http://devowe.com/2-

351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-33937)

Hi Jai,
This method can be used with footage from
full frame DSLR sensors as well as APS-C
sensors. Thanks for watching!
-Michael
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ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 1:01 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34478)

hi
I have some footage shot in canon 5d..resolution is 19201080 I want send my video to a shot film fest
they said they need in the below format:
The recommended ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic in DV / HDV
how can do this in after effects plz let me know

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ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 1:31 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-

tutorial/#comment-34480)

i did my work on after effects can u plz tell me how can i do in that
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ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 1:35 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-

ratio-tutorial/#comment-34481)

and one mor thing when i am changing

height in composting settings(1080 into 817) my frame aspect ratio is
chaning to 1920.817(2.35) but thay are asking in
>16:9 / 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic in DV / HDV
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ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 1:46 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-

ratio-tutorial/#comment-34483)

ya ok ok thank you and wt about this

one mor thing when i am changing
height in composting settings(1080 into 817) my frame aspect ratio is
chaning to 1920.817(2.35) but thay are asking in
>16:9 / 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic in DV / HDV
and why i am rendering whic settings i need to put if i need DV/HDV
is quick time(with H.264) is ok
& i am sending my film for a film fest in india this was my 1st film so plz
help me out
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Michael

August 28, 2015 at 1:49 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-cinemascope-

anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34484)

Sorry for the confusion. The settings for After Effects would not
need any cropping. Your current resolution (19201080) is
correct for 16:9 output. If you were shooting with an
anamorphic lens and had a different pixel ratio, your export
settings would be slightly different.
H.264 will work fine, depending on their requirements.

Hope that helps, and thanks for the comments!

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ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 1:52 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34485)

Need some clarity on this

H.264 will work fine, depending on their
requirements
This is the only requirement from them
FORMAT: The films may be shot in MPEG4 or AVI
format. The recommended ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full
Height Anamorphic in DV / HDV.
http://www.friends2support.org/shortfilm/rules.html
(http://www.friends2support.org/shortfilm/rules.html)

Michael

August 28, 2015 at 1:57 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34486)

Then H.264 (which is MPEG4) at 19201080 will work.

ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 2:04 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34489)

can i use same value for croping (100 as u used in the

above tut)

ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 2:09 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34491)

last and final

top : ? , left : ? , bottom : ? , right : ?
to get this
>The recommended ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full Height
Anamorphic in DV / HDV.

Michael

August 28, 2015 at 2:12 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34492)

You dont need to crop it at all to get the required

output.
IF, however, you wanted to get a different
cinemascope output (like mentioned in the tutorial),
you would use these settings in the Output Module
section of your Render Queue:

ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 2:19 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34494)

i am confused
for this requirement i need to crop it or not
>The recommended ratios are: 16:9 / 16:9 Full Height
Anamorphic in DV / HDV

ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 1:57 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34487)

sir ? is the image which u have given reply

and
i got the crop thing in ae
top:0
left:0
bottom:0
right:0
wher i need to enter the 817 value
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ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 2:02 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34488)

last and final

in the above tut u croped top and bot with value 100
can i use the same value
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Michael

August 28, 2015 at 2:04 pm (http://devowe.com/2-

351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34490)

Yes, you can crop the output with 131 pixels

off the top and 131 pixels off the bottom. That
will give you cinemascope 2.35:1 output,
however. For your film festival keep it at 16:9
(19201080 H.264).
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ssaikiran

August 28, 2015 at 2:14 pm (http://devowe.com/2-351-

cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34493)

thank u thank u very much sir

i cant say in words for what u did
tahnk u so much sir
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Michael

August 28, 2015 at 2:19 pm (http://devowe.com/2-

351-cinemascope-anamorphic-aspect-ratio-tutorial/#comment-34495)

Youre welcome! Glad I could help! Be sure to

subscribe to my YouTube channel: Pro Video
Tutorials
(http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?
add_user=michaeldevowe). Thanks!
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