![]() ![]() ![]() No black cinematic bars, of course, but still a wide screen format. However, 16:9 still is a fantastic format and super suitable for TV’s and such displays, …also web content. It is all about the ‘target platform’ and in the end you could verify what the target platform’s or monitor’s (output device) actual aspect ratio is. If you are creating content for commercial applications you go with what the production company’s standard is.Īssuming you want to create that cinematic feel with the black bars on top and bottom, and you are creating for web content, … I would currently go with a 64:27 (2.37:1 … or commonly “21:9”) format. Video aspect ratio 21:9 or 64:27 What aspect ratio should I use? You will not see the black bars while editing but once you are going to play it back on a device. That would be the correct setting for your editors timeline. If you want to create web video in ultra wide screen format (with black bars at the top / bottom) you would use 2.37:1 as the aspect ratio, e.g. 21:9 equals 2.33:1 but in reality, what is meant, is 2.37:1 which equals 64:27. “21:9” is a popular term and can also be found as a form factor for ultra-wide TV or monitor screens, however, it is more a marketing term and not the actual representation of the aspect ratio. It changed and will change over time.Ĭurrently modern cinema productions using anamorphic lenses go for a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. ![]() There is a variety of cinematic aspect ratios, not only one. A very brief insight into aspect ratios like 16:9 and 21:9 and others: ![]()
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