Re: [CinePaint] how can we change aspect ratio without resizing?

Paulo,

Yes, another good idea. An "anamorphic display" mode would be useful.
Means coding to add a menu choice, setting a flag, and modifying the
display routine. Doesn't sound too hard. Don't know when that will get
done.

Robin

On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:23:49 +0100
Paulo Silva <[email protected]> wrote:

> after seeing these screenshots:
> http://www.cinepaint.org/pix/last.samurai/index.html i start thinking
> about one question: how can we change the aspect ratio of a picture
> without resizing? (just like found on relatively recent versions of
> Photoshop)
> 
> the fact is:
> 35mm is something around 4x3 and 3x2 formats
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35_mm_film)
> 2k and 4k are 16x9 format (2048x1080 and 4096x2160 -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution )
> Early DLP projectors are 5x4 format (1280x1024 -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution )
> 
> the final format displayed usually from movies like that Last Samurai
> link above seems to be 7x3 (or 21x9), which would be much more
> comfortable editing it with aspect ratio adjusted to our eyes (and
> perceptions) than struggle on editing on them squeezed
> 
> thanks,
> p
> 
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