Hi,

Can anyone tell me if in shrink you can change movie from widescreen to  Pan?  I would like to know how to accomplish this task . Also does anyone know why when I use shrink I can only play the movie in my DVD player and cannot play it on my Pc. Any help with this would be great.

Thanks , newbie Matty

Another thing I just thought of...

Converting from WS to P&S, aside from being a silly horrible thing to do to a movie, is not a simple matter of just zooming in on the video.

A proper P&S conversion involves intelligent tracking of action and characters so that the intended focus is always on the proper thing. When a P&S conversion is done to a movie for official release, the system tracks movement and the actors, and keeps things framed properly as a result.

The plugins for movie editing software I have seen require you to manually set the side-to-side motion for the entire movie\'s duration so that you always are focused where you are supposed to be looking.

For an example of how just plain zooming will not accomplish your task, if your DVD player has a zoom feature, try watching a widescreen movie zoomed in far enough to remove the letterboxing at top and bottom. You will discover that much of the movie takes place on the left or right of center, and as a result you will get a less than quality view of the movie.