Well, we all know that "official" 1080p is 1920x1080 and this is ratio 16:9.
But if I choose 1080p and do not click on "Force output to 16:9" then I get 1920x1280 in LRTimelapse3.1, which is actually not 1080p. It should be something like 1620x1080, if the camera shooted in 3:2 ratio as SLR-s usually do. Don't you agree?

This post was last modified: 2013-10-07, 13:28 by Gunther.

Technically you are right - 1920x1280 is not 1080p - but in practical use there will eventually be a point in your workflow where you crop to 16:9 - either when editing the keyframes, or when exporting (force 16:9) or in video post processing. Mostly I do it in video post processing to have all options. And then it will be 1080p again - so I don't want to scale the width down to 1620 or whatever before.

So just take that then as 1080p with some "room" to the top and bottom ;-)

Well, this is a bit strange approach, as most LCD monitors used today have 1920x1080 resolution, TV-s also, so if you create a 1920x1280 video, it must be downscaled in order to show it. That's not a big issue, maybe some drawback in quality, but I always make my videos with 1624x1080 resolution, if I shoot in 3:2.

Technically you are right - 1920x1280 is not 1080p - but in practical use there will eventually be a point in your workflow where you crop to 16:9 - either when editing the keyframes, or when exporting (force 16:9) or in video post processing. Mostly I do it in video post processing to have all options. And then it will be 1080p again - so I don't want to scale the width down to 1620 or whatever before.

So just take that then as 1080p with some "room" to the top and bottom ;-)