Wide Screen titles get clipped on Standard TVs

Question

Level 1

4 points

Wide Screen titles get clipped on Standard TVs

I am burning a movie on DVD's using iMovie 09 and iDVD 09. The movie will be viewed on a variety of TVs and computers. I chose Wide Screen in both iMovie and iDVD for my format. When the movie is viewed on a standard TVs some titles get clipped on the right and left side. Is there any way to prevent this clipping?

iMac 7,1, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 14, 2009 9:28 AM

Reply

Answer 1

SDMacuser

Level 6

13,585 points

Dec 14, 2009 12:43 PM in response to philaken

Hi philaken

Welcome to apple discussions.

When the movie is viewed on a standard TVs some titles get clipped on the right and left side. Is there any way to prevent this clipping?

Open iDvd > View > Show TV Safe like this:

click here

Make sure all buttons and titles stay within the red outlined box as shown above.

Message was edited by: SDMacuser

Reply

Answer 2

philaken Author

Level 1

4 points

Dec 14, 2009 3:19 PM in response to SDMacuser

My problem is titles within the movie in iMovie. Is there any way to insure that titles do not get clipped on a standard TV in a movie if I am using Wide Screen?

Reply