Why do I have Black Bars on my videos?
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Transcript of Why do I have Black Bars on my videos?
Black Bars on Your Videos
•Why you get them
•How to get rid of them
•Why they are sometimes good to have
What causes Black Bars?
•The proportion of the video doesn’t match the proportion of the video player
How to get rid of Black Bars
•Begin with the end in mind
•Create your presentations and shoot your videos in 16 x 9 proportion
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How to get rid of Black Bars
•What is 16 x 9? Examples:
•720 x 1280 pixels
•1080 x 1920 pixels
•Any file that is 16 x 9 proportion
How to get rid of Black Bars
•And here’s how to do that in Camtasia for Mac
•Set your canvas to be in a 16x9 format
How to get rid of Black Bars
•If you are shooting with an older video camera that is not HD format, then you should just live with the black bars, or crop your video in editing
How to get rid of Black Bars
•By the way, YouTube will automatically put Black Bars on all videos that are not 16:9 proportion
Why Black Bars are good
•If you stretch your 4:3 video to fit your 16:9 player it looks like a mistake, and like you don’t know what you’re doing
Why Black Bars are good
•So it’s better to have black bars, than a stretched video
•Especially with technical things like software training or photography
Why Black Bars are good
•It’s very hard to watch an out-of-proportion video
•Our brains spend too much time transposing the image and not absorbing the information
Review
•If you don’t like seeing Black Bars, then you need to create your presentation or video in a 16 x 9 proportion
P.S.
•Read the accompanying blog post to get a sizing chart download and some further tips ImageMavenVideo.com/black-bars
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