Subject: Re: Changing aspect ratio
From: Cal Eastman <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 94 10:26:34 18000

> 
> On Tue, 12 Jul 1994, Cal Eastman wrote:
> 
> > Ive been working on an idea for a magazine cover. Id like to constrain
> > lightwave to an aspect ratio that corresponds to the aspect raio of
> > the cover... i.e 8x 10 or 8.5 x 11, etc. Id like to be able to render
> > at print resolution, at whatever treh correct size ratio is, ratrher
> > than having to crop it afterwords.
> > Is there a place to set the pixel resolution to canform to anything
> > other than video's 3X4 ratio? Is trthere a way to convert from inches
> > to pixels? any ideas?
> 
> In the Camera Menu:
> 
> Set Pixel Aspect to Square.
> Set Resolution to Print, Overscan.
> Turn on Limited Region.
> 
> On the Layout Screen:
> 
> Use the "L" key to adjust your limited region.
> 
> In the Record Menu:
> 
> Check the Actual Image Resolution you're recording, 1690x1920 is right 
> for 8.5 x 11 page, and unfortunately as high as yer going to get <grr>.

Is therea formula to figure this out? or can u post a listing of
various sizes?
why the limitation below 2000 pixels?
thanks for your reply
peace

> 
> Darren Metcalfe                               i-media corporation
> imedia@teleport           Interactive, Animation, Post-Production
>  "You can have a lot of fun with people mired in computer nuance,
>    watch this, has anybody seen the mouse for my Amiga?" - Joel
> 

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