aspect ratio
noun
: a ratio of one dimension to another: such as
a
: the ratio of span to mean chord of an airfoil
b
: the ratio of the width of a television or motion-picture image to its height
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Smart Conform also bases the crop on your project aspect ratio setting, rather than creating new aspect-ratio versions to taste.
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PCMAG, 1 May 2024
The company popularized the practice of letterboxing, or presenting a film in its original aspect ratio by adding black bars at the top and bottom of the screen rather than cropping the image to fit a standard television display.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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PCMAG, 1 May 2024
The company popularized the practice of letterboxing, or presenting a film in its original aspect ratio by adding black bars at the top and bottom of the screen rather than cropping the image to fit a standard television display.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Aspect ratio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspect%20ratio. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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