Nearly any modern movie is in widescreen. Some older movies from old DVD's are in fullscreen. If you watch it on a modern television or on YouTube, there are black empty spaces on the right and left side. I have seen some video essayists on YouTube solve this by adding a blurry mirror effect on the two sides. I uploaded an example image here for reference: https://ibb.co/ngsJM5

The effect on the sides seem be what is happening in frame but larger and blurred. It removes the empty space. I have also seen this done on news programs. So, it seems like the most common fix for old video to look presentable in new formats. I am editing clips from an old movie on DVD now, and I would like to do this. How do I do this in AVS Video Editor?

To: nobodytooimportant


Hello,

Thank you for contacting us.

You can actually do this with AVS Video Editor 8.0. Please follow the steps below:

1. Drop your input video on the timeline of AVS Video Editor => click the Project Aspect Ratio button under the preview area => choose 16 x 9.

2. You will need to apply two video effects simultaneously, so right-click the Line for video effects on the timeline => Add Line.

3. Click the Video Effects button => drag & drop the Zoom effect on the first line for video effects => right-click it => Edit Effect => move the Zoom slider so that there are no black borders on left and right sides of the video => OK.

3. Drag & drop the Gaussian Blur video effect on the second line for video effects.

4. Here you will need to drag & drop your video from the media library once again, but this time to the Line for video overlays => right-click it => Edit Overlay => drag the boundaries of the video until it reaches the desired size => OK.

5. When you finish editing your video, click the Produce button to save it.

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