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r3g
03-18-2007, 05:15 PM
is there any way to convert a 4:3 picture to widescreen without screwing it up?
Honest Gaza
03-18-2007, 05:28 PM
Don't change the resolution of the whole photo. Use "crop" with the correct aspect ratio settings that you want.
Rhys
03-18-2007, 05:33 PM
is there any way to convert a 4:3 picture to widescreen without screwing it up?

Not without distorting the image.
Visual Reality
03-18-2007, 06:03 PM
Sure, you just crop off the top and bottom, that's all the cameras do anyway.
r3g
03-18-2007, 07:06 PM
Not without distorting the image.



thought so... wanted to be sure. thx everyone!
coldrain
03-19-2007, 12:06 PM
thought so... wanted to be sure. thx everyone!
Two already said: yes you can, just crop it.

And that is true, just cut off the right amount from top and bottom. That is all there is to 16:9.

In photoshop, do it like this:
Lets say you have an 800x600 pixel photo (4:3).

Go to menu: Image/Canvas Size...

Select pixels as measure.

calculate:
800 / 16 = 50
50 x 9 = 450

Type in for Height: 450

There you have it, a perfect 16:9 photo without distortion.
John_Reed
03-19-2007, 01:29 PM
Sure, you just crop off the top and bottom, that's all the cameras do anyway.For the Panasonic LX1 and LX2 cameras, the sensor is built with a "native" 16:9 ratio, and other aspect ratios like 3:2 and 4:3 are then cropped from the full-image 16:9 capture. The Panasonic TZ2/TZ3 cameras offer "uncropped" images in all 3 aspect ratios, by varying the "capture rectangle" according to the selected aspect ratio. In other words, while other cameras produce reduced-MP images in anything other than their "native" aspect ratio, (e.g., my 8MP FZ30 gives 5.5MP images shooting in 16:9) the TZ2/TZ3 cameras uniquely give the same number of pixels for any selection, i.e., 7.1MP for the TZ3.
r3g
03-19-2007, 09:45 PM
Two already said: yes you can, just crop it.

And that is true, just cut off the right amount from top and bottom. That is all there is to 16:9.

In photoshop, do it like this:
Lets say you have an 800x600 pixel photo (4:3).

Go to menu: Image/Canvas Size...

Select pixels as measure.

calculate:
800 / 16 = 50
50 x 9 = 450

Type in for Height: 450

There you have it, a perfect 16:9 photo without distortion.



yes but croping cuts out part of the image and i dont want to do that. not to mention after the crop it will be smaller then i need. i should have been more specific and said converting without cropping.