Use this cinematography or projection calculation to plan image geometry, exposure, timing, storage, film footage, or presentation from explicitly stated camera and display parameters.

Recorded Width Pixels (px)

Required integer input.

Squeeze Factor

Required number input.

Display width in pixels after horizontal desqueeze of recorded anamorphic pixels by the supplied squeeze factor. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Display Width Pixels (px)

The resulting display width pixels returned as a number.

• Real results depend on lens design, sensor or film dimensions, focus criteria, transmission, exposure calibration, codec settings, color pipeline, projector setup, screen, viewing environment, and manufacturer conventions. Nominal specifications and simplified formulas may not match measured performance.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Confirm critical values with the actual camera, lens, codec, projector, and delivery specification, then run a camera or projection test under representative conditions.

• Anarmorphic Squeeze Factor

  Horizontal anamorphic squeeze factor from unsqueezed scene width divided by recorded squeezed image width.

• Aspect Ratio From Resolution

  Display width-to-height aspect ratio from integer pixel dimensions; does not simplify to a fraction.

• Crop Factor Focal Length

  Equivalent field-of-view focal length from an actual focal length times a supplied crop factor.