Hello,
I’m editing a video in 16:9 format. In between some clips, I want to insert still photos in 4:3 format. And then there should be a cross-fade between video and photo on both ends. Where there’s two photos in a row, I also need a cross-fade between them.
Unfortunately the fade looks quite ugly because it’s not really fading all parts. In the centre 4:3 part, the photo fades in, gradually replacing the video. But in the outer bars (left and right), nothing changes and then the video suddenly disappears into black. It seems like the cross-fade “dissolve” cannot handle different aspect ratios. It might even be poorly implemented and it only shows in this situation.
How can I fix this?
I could live with the black left and right bars, as there’s nothing to crop in the photos. I could also take a blurred copy of the photo in the background, scaled so that it fills the frame – like the effect many TV shows use when presenting 4:3 or portrait content in a 16:9 format.