Hi everyone,
wondering who is using the Scale to fit width/Scale to fit height feature on a regular
basis, or so to say, intentionally?
I thought about these options very often now (probably too often), and I can't get a
grip on it.
In my work with DCP-o-matic, I never saw a need to use it.
I thought I could get a better idea if I'd just play around with it, but it
doesn't seem to react in a way that allows me to see through.
E.g., when I select content and then choose either option, it applies a change to
scaling/cropping once, but then doesn't revert back if I choose the other option. In
my current trial, it presets a crop factor, I can reset that manually, yes. But it uses
the same crop values for both Scale to fit width AND height?
Initially I thought these options would express the implementation of non-standard-aspect
rations in the sense of the DCI/SMPTE standards:
One or both dimensions of a custom size container always needs to be the same as a full
container - e.g. either vertical 1080 or horizontal 2048 (or their 4k counterparts).
But that doesn't seem to be the case?
Is it just a shortcut to two prominent scaling options?
Do these options still make sense since DOM is choosing default scaling for content based
on content aspect ratio for a good while now?
The reason I am so picky about this is, I'm doing the german translation, and I have a
hard time finding a good translation if I don't understand it...
Anyone?
- Carsten