Pillarboxing 4:3 photos to 16:9?

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Pillarboxing 4:3 photos to 16:9?

I've recently been given an electronic picture frame, but it is in the ratio 16:9, and many of my personal photos are 4:3 and look stretched and distorted in the frame.
Is there a way to pillarbox, ie. add black bars on either side of the image, my 4:3 photos? When I try to use the crop tool, I can zoom, and crop in the 16:9 ratio, but I lose the top and bottom of my photos.
Can iPhoto do this? And if not is there some nifty little freeware app that will?
cheers all

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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 1:36 AM

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LarryHN

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Oct 26, 2009 9:47 AM in response to sparkyray

I am not aware of an easy way - have you read the frame instructions? Since all digital cameras take either 2:3 or 4:3 photos - and 16:9 is a TV ratio not a photo ratio, I would expect the frame to handle standard photos if the setting are right - if you do not see it yo might contact the frame's manufacturer

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Old Toad

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Oct 26, 2009 2:48 PM in response to sparkyray

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. My digital frame automatically adds the black bars at the side for those photos that do not match it's pixel format. Add a bunch of photos and see how it handles it. It's best to see what the frame actually does than modify photos before hand;

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