In this presentation I show you why you get black bars on your videos, and also why some videos are squishy or stretched looking. I teach you how to get rid of black bars, but also why they are not always a bad thing. To see the blog post that goes with this as well as a video demonstration, go to http://www.imagemavenvideo.com/black-bars/

1. Why do I get
Black Bars
on my Videos?

2. Why do I get
Black Bars
on my Videos?

3. What do Black Bars look like?

4. Black Bars on Your Videos
•Why you get them
•How to get rid of them
•Why they are sometimes good to have

5. What causes Black Bars?
•The proportion of the video
doesn’t match the proportion
of the video player

6. What causes Black Bars?
•4:3 video inside a 16:9 player

7. What causes Black Bars?
•Widescreen video inside a 16:9 player

8. How to get rid of Black Bars
•Begin with the
end in mind
•Create your
presentations and shoot your
videos in 16 x 9 proportion
16
9

9. How to get rid of Black Bars
•What is 16 x 9? Examples:
•720 x 1280 pixels
•1080 x 1920 pixels
•Any file that is 16 x 9 proportion

10. How to get rid of Black Bars
•Here’s an example of how
you do that in Keynote or
PowerPoint

11. How to get rid of Black Bars
Choose a dimension
that is proportional
to 16x9

12. How to get rid of Black Bars
•And here’s how to do that in
Camtasia for Mac
•Set your canvas to be in a
16x9 format

13. How to get rid of Black Bars
Choose a dimension
that is proportional
to 16x9

14. How to get rid of Black Bars
•If you are shooting with an
older video camera that is not
HD format, then you should
just live with the black bars, or
crop your video in editing

15. How to get rid of Black Bars
•By the way, YouTube
will automatically put
Black Bars on all videos that
are not 16:9 proportion

16. Why Black Bars are good
•If you stretch your 4:3 video to
fit your 16:9 player it looks like
a mistake, and like you don’t
know what you’re doing

17. Why Black Bars are good
•Here’s what a stretched image
looks like
•4x3 image
into the
16x9 format

18. Why Black Bars are good
•So it’s better to have black
bars, than a stretched video
•Especially with technical
things like software training or
photography

19. Why Black Bars are good
•It’s very hard to watch an
out-of-proportion video
•Our brains spend too much
time transposing the image and
not absorbing the information

20. Why Black Bars are good
•Here’s what a squished image
looks like
•16x9 image
into the
4x3 format

21. Black Bars aren’t so bad
•Newer computer screens and
TVs are all using the 16:9 frame
proportion

22. Review
•Black Bars mean that the
proportion of your video
image does not match your
video player

23. Review
•If you don’t like seeing Black
Bars, then you need to create
your presentation or video in
a 16 x 9 proportion

24. P.S.
•Read the accompanying blog post to
get a sizing chart download and some
further tips
ImageMavenVideo.com/black-bars

25. Conclusion
It’s better to have a
proper looking video,
than worry about
those Black Bars!

26. Thanks for watching!
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•There are many people who can
be helped by this information

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