mommykink@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months ago10 years ago, a person would be insulted for filming a video in portrait instead of landscape. Now, old landscape videos are being cropped and resized to fit in a portrait player.message-square29fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-square10 years ago, a person would be insulted for filming a video in portrait instead of landscape. Now, old landscape videos are being cropped and resized to fit in a portrait player.mommykink@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoSometimes tall things fit better in a vertical frame. Sometimes wide things fit better in a horizontal frame. But most of the time this isnt even thought about when taking the shot.
minus-squarethirteene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThe horizontal display is meant to reflect our natural vision which is also a horizontal aspect ratio. There are niche scenarios like skyscrapers but the vast majority of the time it’s correct to stay horizontal and frame the shot properly.
Sometimes tall things fit better in a vertical frame.
Sometimes wide things fit better in a horizontal frame.
But most of the time this isnt even thought about when taking the shot.
The horizontal display is meant to reflect our natural vision which is also a horizontal aspect ratio. There are niche scenarios like skyscrapers but the vast majority of the time it’s correct to stay horizontal and frame the shot properly.