Originally Posted by Mark W  Sonic fire - is that the package that does that mood matching trick? |
Yes it is.
Originally Posted by Mark W I struggle with decent composition at 16:9. |
Really? As I came from stills, which is probably closer to 16:9 than to 4:3 (6:4.5 and 3:2 most common, but let's not forget 1:1 which was invariably cropped of course), I found it a natural thing to do, 4:3 looks too close to square to me.
I guess it all depends on 'The Golden Ratio', on which artists have been basing the aspect ratio for ever, and 16:9 is slightly wider than that. Once a survey was carried out, people were presented with three differently proportioned rectangles of the same area to look at, and asked to choose which one they preferred, guess which?
Plus of course the 4:3 aspect ratio was just the product of broadcasters wanting to be able to show the film ratio of the time, and when TV's became a threat to that they changed it. So you are right, but it still looks better
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