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In the News (Wed 25 Nov 09)

  
  Hjemmekino.no - Guide -
16:9, Letterbox, Widescreen, Anamorph, 16:9 optimalisert, Pan and Scan?
Sammenlign bildet under som er Pan and Scan, og bildet under der igjen, som er i originalt format slik den blir vist på kino, og se selv hvorfor denne teknikken ikke er ønskelig.
Dette er som regel for de ikke vet hva de går glipp av ved Pan and Scan.
www.hjemmekino.no /guide/format.asp   (742 words)

  
 Pan and Scan
If however we want to do a Pan and Scan which involves enlarging the photo as we zoom in and move around inside the photo then we will need a photo with more digital information to avoid pixelization.
Well, first you Pan and Scan your map and then you bring in a little airplane on a transparent background (a drop shadow from the plane would add to the effect), composite and animate the airplane on top of the map.
Pan and Scan is a simple technique but when used creatively can produce some fantastic effects.
www.kenstone.net /fcp_homepage/basic_pan_scan.html   (1459 words)

  
  The definition of Pan and Scan.
Pan and Scan - The most common technique used to fit programming made with a 16:9 aspect ratio (such as movies) into the 4:3 aspect ratio of a standard analog TV Receiver.
Pan and scan works by matching the height of the movie image to the height of the TV screen.
Pan and scan is an alternative to showing the program in Letterbox Format.
www.itvdictionary.com /definitions/pan_and_scan_definition.html   (190 words)

  
  Pan and scan - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pan and scan is a method of adjusting widescreen film images so that they can be shown within the proportions of an ordinary TV screen, by cropping off the sides of the original widescreen image.
During the "pan and scan" process, an operator selects the parts of the original filmed composition that seem to be significant and makes sure they are copied—"scanning." When the important action shifts to a new position in the frame, the operator moves the scanner to follow it, creating the effect of a pan shot.
It is also a question of local culture; in Europe, where the PAL TV norm offers a bit more vertical resolution to begin with, "pan and scan" broadcasts and "pan and scan" DVDs of movies originally shown in widescreen are both very rare.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pan_and_scan   (778 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Pan and scan
Pan and scan is a method of adjusting widescreen film images so that they can be shown within the proportions of an ordinary video screen.
One way to do so is to make a "letterbox" print; another is to "pan and scan" the negative.
During the "pan and scan" process, an operator selects the parts of the widescreen composition that seem to be significant and makes sure they are copied—"scanning." When the important action shifts to a new position in the frame, the operator moves the scanner to follow it, creating the effect of a pan shot.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/pa/Pan_and_scan   (291 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pan and scan is a method of adjusting widescreen film images so that they can be shown within the proportions of an ordinary television screen, often cropping off the sides of the original widescreen image to focus on the composition's most important aspects.
For the opening crawl in each Star Wars film, on the pan and scan versions the viewer has to wait until a line of text of the opening crawl reaches the center of the screen to read through that whole line.
The advent of DVDs and their use of anamorphic presentation, coupled with the advent and ever-increasing popularity of widescreen televisions and computer monitors, have rendered pan and scan an arguably obsolete practice, although many retailers insist that fullscreen versions of films originally produced in widescreen be made available.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=pan_and_scan   (1249 words)

  
 DVDFILE.COM: Burn The Witch!
Pan and scan is ruining the future of DVD.
I'm not saying here that pan and scan needs to be eliminated today, but we need to begin its phase out period.
Pan and scan is the past and we're all involved with technology for the future.
www.dvdfile.com /news/viewpoints/crusade/2000/january_13.htm   (1131 words)

  
 Pan and Scan | The DVD Blog
For the past four months, Pan and Scan has done its best to keep you informed of the DVD world's more interesting goings-on.
Enjoy, and don't forget that Pan and Scan's sister site High-Def Digest is still alive and kickin' - if you're into that sorta thing.
Ignored by critics, overlooked by industry honchos and left dejected in the vaults alongside Indy's Ark, the movies of Pan and Scan's I Want My DVD have, for one reason or another, been forgotten since their VHS (or even theatrical) debuts, and we want them back on DVD.
www.panandscan.com   (1590 words)

  
 Avid Documentation - Pan and Scan
Pan and Scan is part of the reformat tool found in the effects palette.
The Pan and Scan effect can be added to any single clip in the Avid timeline, or to a top layer to quickly change the aspect ratio of an entire program.
Pan and Scan is a real-time effect for final play out or can be used as an offline tool for an HD conform using Avid Symphony Nitris or Avid DS Nitris.
www.avid.com /onlineSupport/supportcontent.asp?browse=&productID=208&contentID=8839   (448 words)

  
 Film to Video (Letterbox)
With pan and scan you are watching an image which has been altered for video viewing.
The pan and scan conversion to video includes unnatural closeups, additional camera movements, and loss of picture.
With the pan and scan conversion an editor looks through a 3:4 viewer which can be moved over the original, wider image.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Lot/7501/letterbox.html   (1079 words)

  
 Pan, Scan, Zoom - aka. the Ken Burns Effects - an available capability from Shoebox Memories
Pan, Scan, Zoom is included in both the Platinum and Diamond packages.
The Platinum package includes 100 photos with Pan, Scan, Zoom; and the Diamond package includes Pan, Scan, Zoom for an unlimited number of photos.
Pan, Scan, Zoom for any photos can be incorporated into these service offerings as well.
www.shoeboxmemories.net /panscanzoom.htm   (272 words)

  
 microfilm scanning services - conversion of roll film microfiche - aperture cards to digital formats
Scan IT was one of the first South African based document management bureaus to offer high volume scanning services, and today, as the majority of document management projects involve scanning, Scan IT is able to offer a wide range of services to a large and varied customer base.
Scan IT continues to invest in new technologies, and is in a position whereby any type of paper or data can be handled or converted electronically.
In the continuous quest for quality and service, Scan IT is proud to announce that we use Wicks and Wilson Microfilm scanners due to their continuous reliability and accuracy.
www.scanit.co.za /company.html   (329 words)

  
 How to Stop Online Music Piracy!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Unlike watermarking, digital certification, encryption, and similar systems proposed in the past, PAN's DIF solution is extremely small, non-pervasive, and does not alter in anyway the integrity of the media file or affect its playback.
The search engine constantly scans the internet for the presence of DIF fingerprinted files, and will automatically alert the copyright owner should any of their files be detected on an unauthorized web site.
Simply put, PAN's DIF System is designed to lift the veil of anonymity on the internet, which we believe is the root cause of online piracy.
www.pan.com /piracy   (442 words)

  
 Smart scan for bluetooth pan devices patent invention   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The inquiry scan cache is refreshed by a periodic inquiry scan; in an embodiment, the inquiry scan cache is also updated when a remote Bluetooth device attempts to connect to the local Bluetooth device.
Periodically, and more frequently than the periodic inquiry scan, a list of visible remote Bluetooth devices is produced by performing a page scan for each entry in the page scan cache, adding successful page scan attempts to the list, to which is concatenated the contents of the inquiry scan cache.
If the periodic inquiry scan does not reveal the entry, the expiration time is reduced by a given amount; if the expiration time has occurred, the entry is removed from the page scan cache.
www.freshpatents.com /Smart-scan-for-bluetooth-pan-devices-dt20050602ptan20050120119.php   (1838 words)

  
 Hi Fi Writer - How Bad is Pan and Scan?   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In this case, the 4:3 frame would be 'panned' over to the left to make sure the action was captured.
Other movies in dual format that I have examined and appear to use cropping for both the pan and scan and widescreen versions are Madeline, Sleepers, and Big Daddy.
So, forgive me, but a pan and scan rendition of a movie is not necessarily its death knell.
www.hifi-writer.com /he/panscan/panscan.htm   (662 words)

  
 The Michael J. Fox Database :: Widescreen vs Pan & Scan
The following are examples of what happens to films when cropped for pan and scan viewing.
Pan and Scan is formatting a film to fit the standard television screen.
On the back of VHS and some DVD boxes you will see the phrase "This film has been modified to fit your screen." This means that the film is in Pan and Scan format, also known as Full Frame.
www.michaeljfoxdatabase.com /j05_mm_wsvspns.html   (507 words)

  
 videogrunt_004_view   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This technique was the standard practice to present a movie on television, and is referred to as Pan and Scan.
To make a Pan and Scan version, a technician would take the film footage and scan the area of the film to fit the 4:3 aspect ratio.
Now with movies being released to DVD, this Pan and Scan process is used to make what is now called the Full Screen version, and the outside packaging for the disc might also make reference to an aspect ratio of 1.33, which we all know from program 2, is the same thing as 4:3.
gruntmedia.com /videogrunt_004_view.html   (1522 words)

  
 presentation material solutions, advertising promotions, advertising company - south africa
Scan’s founders, Justin and Alex Hawes, saw the growth of the global and local exhibition industries as an opportunity to create a business in the visual communications market.
Scan is committed to providing exceptional service and prides itself on its long term relationships with its loyal client base.
The Scan Display BEE Trust has been established to empower previously disadvantaged staff members who are involved in the day-to-day running of the business.
www.scandisplay.co.za /company.html   (263 words)

  
 Virtix Effects - iMovie - Products - Pan & Scan Filters
A "pan" is the act of turning the camera from one position to another, either to follow an object or create a panoramic look.
"Pan & Scan" is the technical term for simulating a pan after the video has been shot by performing a fixed zoom on one portion of an image and moving to another portion.
Note: Virtix Pan and Scan requires iMovie 2.1.1 for OS X. (Other versions of iMovie do not contain enough controls for pan and scan).
www.virtix.com /imovie/products/PanAndScanFilters.asp   (163 words)

  
 Bob Donlon’s Digital Video Blog: Son of Ben Kurns
Pan & Scan, Pan & Zoom, Ken Burns Effect) in After Effects.
OK, now we’ve got a nice, interesting, 3-dimensional pan & scan, but as Steve K mentioned in his comment, you have way more control of your animation in AE than you do in Premiere Pro.
This whole technique I’ve just taught you is used pretty heavily in motion design these days, not just for panning & scanning photos – you see it all the time in TV commercials & promos.
blogs.adobe.com /bobddv/2006/09/son_of_ben_kurns.html   (1647 words)

  
 Scan Pan Cookware at MSN Shopping
More for high-heat cooking such as frying, searing or sauteing, this pan heats evenly with no hot spots, and the sloped sides make it easy to slide a spatula under food to flip or lift it out.
The result is enhanced heat distribution up the sides of the pans and throughout the body of the pan.
More This is the multipurpose pan you reach for dozens of times a week for boiling eggs or cooking oatmeal, for heating soups, for cooking rice or vegetables, or for making a variety of wonderful sauces.
shopping.msn.com /results/shp/?bCatID=7411,av=2-130814   (1153 words)

  
 ITworld.com - LINUX DESKTOP APPLICATIONS - Pan and Scan the News
Pan is a newsreader that helps you read the news efficiently.
Pan makes itself particularly helpful by letting you read messages in one newsgroup while downloading a large file in another.
Pan uses the GNOME desktop libraries, but it runs fine under GNOME, KDE, and other desktop environments.
www.itworld.com /nl/lnx_desktop/04182002   (476 words)

  
 Pan and Scan: The Final Post | Pan and Scan: The DVD Blog
For the past four months, Pan and Scan has done its best to keep you informed of the DVD world's more interesting goings-on.
Pan and Scan may have been short-lived, but not as short-lived as the online travesty that was CleanFlicks, which was recently dismantled by a Colorado court.
Whether it's true or not, it suddenly seems very logical and important to us that Wonder Woman be played by a woman of color for lots of reasons that have nothing to do with token-ism, but alot to do with history and the potential for a huge musical finale to the film.
www.panandscan.com /news/show/Pan_and_Scan:_Announcements/Pan_and_Scan:_The_Final_Post/1375   (513 words)

  
 Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro - Realtime pan & scan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The fully keyframeable realtime pan and scan filter lets you easily convert footage from any aspect ratio to any other.
Tracking on-screen action to make accurate judgments is easy because you see the entire source clip and the section of it that will become the final result.
To restore the proper aspect ratio, the realtime pan and scan filter lets you letterbox or pan and scan your footage, or use a combination.
www.matrox.com /video/products/rtx100xtremepro/effects/panscan.cfm   (134 words)

  
 Panasonic Scanners at ScannerGalaxy.com
Scans up to 65 ppm simplex /120 ipm duplex
Scans p to 65 ppm one-sided / 120 double-sided
Scans up to 60 ppm (simplex) and 100 ipm (duplex)
www.scannergalaxy.com /showroom/panasonic-scanners.cfm   (77 words)

  
 Lingo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The result is that on a regular TV set, the movie must either be letterboxed, which creates fl bars at the top and bottom of your screen to house the whole image, or the image is cropped on the left and right hand side to use the TV’s full height.
Usually, when an important piece of the image drops out of the visible screen, the picture is panned to the side to show this piece, hence the term pan and scan.
If you want to enjoy all the details of a movie, you should definitely prefer the widescreen letterboxed versions to the Pan and Scan alternative, because this is the way the filmmakers originally intended you to see the movie.
www.dvdreview.com /html/lingo.shtml   (1710 words)

  
 Ray's WidescreeN Vs. Pan & Scan Demo
This page will demonstrate how nearly 45% of an original movie is lost when seen in Pan & Scan format (the format commonly used for television broadcasts).
This is a huge difference as you can see, so when a movie gets transferred for home use, to be viewed on a regular television set, the film needs to be cropped, and therefore only about half of the original movie is visible at all times.
The widescreen version appears to be smaller on a TV set than a pan & scan version does, so it is NOT recommended that you view any widescreen version of a movie on a TV screen smaller than 19 inches.
www.angelfire.com /ny/takslair2/wsvspns.html   (356 words)

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