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

Unsqueezed Width Millimeters (mm)

Required number input.

Squeezed Width Millimeters (mm)

Required number input.

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

Squeeze Factor

The resulting squeeze factor 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 Desqueeze

  Display width in pixels after horizontal desqueeze of recorded anamorphic pixels by the supplied squeeze factor.

• Projector Screen Width

  Projected image width from lens-to-screen throw distance divided by lens throw ratio.

• Projector Throw Ratio

  Projector throw ratio as lens-to-screen distance divided by projected image width in matching units.