Question for you vid-making/vid-watching people

In a multi-fandom vid that uses clips from shows/movies with different aspect ratios (that is, newer widescreen clips and older, TV-screen-shaped clips, or widescreen clips of different widths), what do you think is the least intrusive way of handling it?

If it's different for you as a vidder or a viewer, I'd be most interested in knowing what works best for you as a viewer -- what you find least jarring when you watch a vid.

Poll #6737

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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What to do with different-sized clips?

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Stretch or squeeze them so that all are the same size
0 (0.0%)

Letterbox some of them with black bars
4 (26.7%)

Crop some of them so that you lose a little of the picture but the image size is the same on all
14 (93.3%)

I never noticed or have no preference
1 (6.7%)

Another option that's not on the poll (say it in comments)
0 (0.0%)

Tick tick tick tick TICKYBOX!
2 (13.3%)

Separate polls posted to DW and LJ, since you can't crosspost a poll; the LJ entry is here. Answer wherever you prefer.

Question for you vid-making/vid-watching people

In a multi-fandom vid that uses clips from shows/movies with different aspect ratios (that is, newer widescreen clips and older, TV-screen-shaped clips, or widescreen clips of different widths), what do you think is the least intrusive way of handling it?

If it's different for you as a vidder or a viewer, I'd be most interested in knowing what works best for you as a viewer -- what you find least jarring when you watch a vid.

[Poll #1734222]

Separate polls posted to DW and LJ, since you can't crosspost a poll; the DW entry is here. Answer wherever you prefer.