Open Matte Work Now

: Famous director Stanley Kubrick often preferred open matte versions for home video because he disliked the look of black bars on consumer television sets.

But , when a 4K Blu-ray is mastered, sometimes the studio is lazy. They take the Open Matte digital intermediate (the master file before the bars were added) and just slap black bars on it. open matte

: Before widescreen TVs were common, open matte was used to fill 4:3 television screens without cutting off the sides of the image (a process known as pan and scan). : Famous director Stanley Kubrick often preferred open

Watching Pacific Rim in Open Matte is a religious experience. The Jaegers (giant robots) actually look taller than the skyscrapers because you can see the scale from ground to sky. : Before widescreen TVs were common, open matte

If you love movies, you need to know about this. Because once you see an Open Matte version of a film, you might never want to watch the "official" version again.

: Unlike "Pan and Scan," you aren't losing the sides of the frame; you are only gaining height. The Cons