aspect ratio 2.0 review

The aspect ratio iMovie plug-in changes the clip's aspect ratio, either enlarging or shrinking the clip.

License: Shareware OS: Mac OS X File size: 1317K Developer: cf/x Buy Now Price: $2.00 Updated: 28 Jun 2006

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The aspect ratio iMovie plug-in changes the clip's aspect ratio, either enlarging or shrinking the clip. It's primary use is to re-establish the correct aspect ratio after rotating a non-square pixel clip, or after importing footage from a different video format (e.g. 4:3 to HD 16:9, TV, NTSCPAL, 16:9).

he plug-in sports pre-sets to convert between the most common video-formats, which can additionally be overriden by hand-tuning +/-50% in both the horizontal and vertical direction.

For parts that have to be enlarged, the plug also provides bi-cubic interpolation.

What's New:
It now can, with a single click, eliminate the black bars that appear when you import a 4:3 clip into a HD project.
The plug-in sports three different processors (zoom, stretch, progressive stretch), and a host of additional features that make is a prime HD player as well as 4:3 TV.

Requirements:
iMovie 3 or higher.