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Censor bars, also known as black bars, are a basic form of text, photography, and video censorship in which "sensitive" information or images are occluded by black, gray, or white rectangular boxes. These bars have been used to censor various parts of images.
Rendition of SD ECR-1-1978 color bars Colors are only approximate due to different transfers and color spaces used on web pages and video (BT.601 or BT.709). SMPTE color bars are a television test pattern used where the NTSC video standard is utilized, including countries in North America.
In letterboxing, the top of the image is slightly lower than usual, the bottom is higher, and the unused portion of the screen is covered by black bars. For video transfers, transferring a "soft matte" film to a home video format with the full frame exposed, thus removing the mattes at the top and bottom, is referred to as an "open matte transfer."
The practice of adding color to black-and-white, sepia, or other monochrome film or still images, either as a special effect, to "modernize" films made in the pre-color era, or to restore or remaster dated color films; or any process by which this effect is achieved. Modern colorization is usually achieved with digital image processing software.
[3] [4] The name "Letterboxd" is an allusion to letterboxing, the practice of placing black bars on the edges of a screen to preserve a movie's original aspect ratio. [5] Buchanan and von Randow launched an invitation-only beta version on 24 April 2012 [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and opened the site to the general public on 8 February 2013. [ 8 ]
The term "SmileBox" is a registered trademark [4] used to describe a type of letter-boxing for Cinerama films, such as on the Blu-ray release of How the West Was Won.The image is produced by using a map projection-like technique to approximate how the picture might look if projected onto a curved Cinerama screen.
True crime half-hour strip “Crime Exposé With Nancy O’Dell” has been given a firm go for first-run syndication this fall, having been cleared in 95% of the country. The series, which ...
The pillarbox effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image. It becomes necessary when film or video that was not originally designed for widescreen is shown on a widescreen display, or a narrower widescreen image is displayed within a wider aspect ratio , such as a 16:9 ...