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Site update - March 16th 2010

AfterDawn.com has been updated! In addition to renewing the layout of the site we have also speeded up things considerably. The new version has been tested on our Finnish site for several months, and during the testing we have managed to improve the new version even further.

You can now enjoy this new layout at English AfterDawn.com and English Discussion Forums as well! We have also introduced new sections to the site, and re-arranged things a bit.

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ISULarry

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I have just bought my first Mini DV camera, the canon ZR60. I have a 16:9 TV, but am one of only 2 in my family to have one. I would like to shoot in 16:9 for myself, but was wondering if there was any way to convert the picture when recording it for my parents or other family members so that it won't look compressed? I guess the look I'm going for is like if you were to watch a regular tape or DVD on a 4:3 TV with the letter box bars on it. Please be gental, I'm very new to this video camera stuff and will need to be told in a way a 2 year old could understand.

Thanks in advance!

Larry

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Larry, that is very easy to do with VirtualDub, using a simple "resize" filter.