Cees Alons
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The first person to advocate the mattes on this forum was Mike Knapp, back in 1997. We were discussing the "vertical squeeze"and after trying the technique, he "invented" the effect of black mattes (with velcron, to be able to accomodate different movie formats). It made a lot of difference!
We first mentioned it in a publication about the vertical squeeze.
Its success has to do with human perception: what you cannot see isn't there (compare: the effect of the "blind spot"). For a lot of people it made watching widescreen on a 4x3 set much more of a pleasure!
We first mentioned it in a publication about the vertical squeeze.
Its success has to do with human perception: what you cannot see isn't there (compare: the effect of the "blind spot"). For a lot of people it made watching widescreen on a 4x3 set much more of a pleasure!