Resolution/Aspect Ratio Cheat Sheet

[PDB]

There is a great guide that I found here:

https://www.google.com/amp/blog.chameleo...-sheet/amp

It has the H by W for each of the major resolutions. Which is particularly useful if you are cropping out black bars in an official release.

Here are the resolutions used in the home cinema world.

4kHD/2160p (QuadHD)

Frame Aspect Ratio / Resolution (Square Pixels 1.0)

1.33:1 (4:3) / 2880x2160
1.66:1 (5:3) / 3585x2160
1.77:1 (16:9) / 3840x2160
1.85:1 / 3840x2076
2:1 / 3840x1920
2.35:1 / 3840x1634
2.39:1 (referred to as 2.40) / 3840x1607
2.44 / 3840x1574

1080p

Frame Aspect Ratio / Resolution (Square Pixels 1.0)

1.33:1 (4:3) / 1440x1080
1.66:1 (5:3) / 1792x1080
1.77:1 (16:9) / 1920x1080
1.85:1 / 1920x1038
2:1 / 1920x960
2.35:1 / 1920x817
2.39:1 (referred to as 2.40) / 1920x803
2.40:1 (Blu-Ray) / 1920x800
2.44 / 1920x787

720p

Frame Aspect Ratio / Resolution (Square Pixels 1.0)

1.33:1 (4:3) / 962x720
1.66:1 (5:3) / 1195x720
1.77:1 (16:9) / 1280x720
1.85:1 / 1280x692
2:1 / 1280x640
2.35:1 / 1280x545
2.39:1 (referred to as 2.40) / 1280x536
2.44 / 1280x525

Edit: Coming off Tom’s post I cleaned the 1.33 and 1.66 entries

[deleted user]

I'd be careful with that if you're planning on using it for cropping. Every Blu Ray is a little bit different, the properly cropped height is not always exactly 803 pixels. I've seen 804, 805,806,... Which makes sense, since there's no technical limitation preventing any arbitrary height.

Also, home cinema 4:3 doesn't come as 1920x1440, that would be outside Blu Ray specs, it comes with black bars left and right and a height of 1080 pixels, with a precise 4:3 image resulting in a cropped 1440x1080. The whole 1080p naming convention is an inconsistent mess though if you ask me.

Still interesting as an overview I guess, and for personal projects I think those would definitely be good guidelines to go. Assuming one doesn't feel like quickly whipping out the calculator.

[PDB]

Oh for sure about the variations. You are right there.

This meant for a general guide for cropping going in. My assumption is black bars are put back on for final result of 1920 x 1080p (for example)

[LucasGodzilla]

This post is an actual lifesaver cause I've wasted way too much time figuring out what resolution I should crop my footage to get a Panavision look since all the guides I've found do it by the second value (____ x 1080) instead of the first (1920 x ____).

[spoRv]

This is the list I compiled during the last years, and I use every time with avisynth; it applies to any other video editing software, of course!

Code:

A.R.= ASPECT RATIO

SAR = STORAGE A.R. = FRAME A.R.
DAR = DISPLAY A.R. = IMAGE A.R. = PICTURE A.R.
PAR = PIXEL A.R.

x264 Sample Aspect Ratio = PAR

dar = par x sar   |   sar = dar / par   |   par = dar / sar  

format              frame size     DAR      SAR     PAR

NTSC square pixels  640 x 480      4/3      4/3     1/1
NTSC BC DV          704 x 480      4/3     22/15   10/11
NTSC full DV        720 x 480      4/3      3/2     8/9
NTSC square pixels  852 x 480     16/9     16/9     1/1
NTSC BC DV          704 x 480     16/9     22/15   40/33
NTSC full DV        720 x 480     16/9      3/2    32/27

PAL square pixels   768 x 576      4/3      4/3     1/1
PAL BC D1\DV        704 x 576      4/3     11/9    12/11
PAL full D1\DV      720 x 576      4/3      5/4    16/15
PAL square pixels   1024x 576     16/9     16/9     1/1
PAL BC D1\DV        704 x 576     16/9     11/9    16/11
PAL full D1\DV      720 x 576     16/9      5/4    64/45

HDV                 1440x1080     16/9      4/3     4/3
1080p               1920x1080     16/9     16/9     1/1
720p                1280x 720     16/9     16/9     1/1


AR     DAR   NTSC frame mod8 (16)           DAR   NTSC frame mod8 (16)

1.33    4/3   720 x 480 = 345600
1.66    4/3   720 x 384 = 276480
1.78    4/3   720 x 360 = 259200 (352)      16/9   720 x 480 = 345600    307200
1.85    4/3   720 x 344 = 247680 (336)      16/9   720 x 464 = 334080    295822
2.20    4/3   720 x 288 = 207360            16/9   720 x 384 = 276480
2.35    4/3   720 x 272 = 195840            16/9   720 x 360 = 259200 (352)

AR     DAR   PAL frame  mod8 (16)           DAR   PAL frame mod8 (16)

1.33    4/3   720 x 576 = 414720
1.66    4/3   720 x 464 = 334080
1.78    4/3   720 x 432 = 311040            16/9   720 x 576 = 414720
1.85    4/3   720 x 416 = 299520            16/9   720 x 552 = 397440 (544)
2.20    4/3   720 x 344 = 247680 (336)      16/9   720 x 464 = 334080
2.35    4/3   720 x 324 = 233280 (320)      16/9   720 x 432 = 311040

AR     DAR   FULL HD mod8 (16)              DAR   HD READY mod8 (16)

1.33   16/9   1440x1080 = 1555200 (1088)    16/9    960x 720 = 691200
1.66   16/9   1792x1080 = 1935360 (1088)    16/9   1196x 720 = 861120
1.78   16/9   1920x1080 = 2073600 (1088)    16/9   1280x 720 = 921600
1.85   16/9   1920x1040 = 1996800 (1088)    16/9   1280x 688 = 880640
2.20   16/9   1920x 872 = 1674240 (864)     16/9   1280x 584 = 747520 (576)
2.35   16/9   1920x 816 = 1566720           16/9   1280x 548 = (540)

AR     DAR   ULTRAHD mod8 (16)

1.33   16/9   2880x2160 = 6220800
1.66   16/9   3584x2160 = 7741440
1.78   16/9   3840x2160 = 8294400
1.85   16/9   3840x2080 = 7987200
2.20   16/9   3840x1744 = 6696960
2.35   16/9   3840x1632 = 6266880

Hope it will be useful to anybody!

[deleted user]

Code:

format              frame size     DAR      SAR     PAR

PAL square pixels   768 x 576      4/3      4/3     1/1
PAL BC D1\DV        704 x 576      4/3     11/9    12/11
PAL full D1\DV      720 x 576      4/3      5/4    16/15
PAL square pixels   1024x 576     16/9     16/9     1/1
PAL BC D1\DV        704 x 576     16/9     11/9    16/11
PAL full D1\DV      720 x 576     16/9      5/4    64/45

HDV                 1440x1080      4/3     16/9     4/3
1080p               1920x1080     16/9     16/9     1/1
720p                1280x 720     16/9     16/9     1/1

Have you gotten HDV mixed up by any chance? The way I understand your list, the second value denotes the ratio between the actual pixel sizes, which would be 4/3 with 1440x1080, but in your list it's written as 16/9. Whereas the first value seems to denote the "normalized" value once the PAR is applied, which would be 16/9, but denoted as 4/3 in your list.

[spoRv]

Have you gotten HDV mixed up by any chance?

Yep, you are right, dear acute observer... do you know that I hate you?

Corrected!

[spoRv]

Found also this in an old post, thanks to poita:
http://web.archive.org/web/2017111805405...tSheet.pdf