Another chance to read Serge Golikov's excellent article on the the often-confusing matter of aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pillarboxing, giving RedShark readers a lesson of cinematic rectangles ...

Aspect ratio measures the relationship between the width and height of a display, sensor, or image. A common aspect ratio is 16:9, which means it's 16 units wide and 9 units high. There are many ...

Someone introduced us to widescreen videos on VHS. These videos presented the full picture as you saw it in the theater, but did so on our 4:3 (non-widescreen) televisions. Later, DVD came along; ...

You might not spend much time thinking about the shape of the movies you watch, but everyone from filmmakers to streaming services are paying more attention than ever. Will the next movie you watch ...

When you have a digital image, it normally has a particular ratio of its horizontal size to its vertical size known as the aspect ratio. Certain formats of images have particular standard ratios. If ...

Ever watch a movie, and get distracted by the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen? Ever wonder what they are, and why they're different sizes? Wasn't the switch to "widescreen" TVs supposed ...

Cropping is a fundamental yet often underestimated tool in photo editing. It has the ability to refine an image by removing distractions, simplifying the frame, and emphasizing the subject. Whether ...

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 has hit theaters and ended its epic trilogy with a bang. Don't worry – this article is totally spoiler free for those of you yet to watch it, but there's one ...