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March 4, 2019

#2119: Video Orientation explain

Video Orientation

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Video Orientation

Pros

Cons

[First row:]

[A wide picture with a text above:]

Horizontal

[Pros are:]

*Looks normal to old people

*Format used by a century of cinema

[Cons are:]

*Humans are taller than are wide

*I’m not turning my phone sideways

[Second row:]

[A tall picture with a text above:]

Vertical

[Pros are:]

*How most normal people shoot and watch video now so we may as well accept it

[Cons are:]

*Human world is mostly a horizontal plane

[Third row:]

[A picture rotated by 45 degrees with a text above:]

Diagonal

[Pros are:]

*Bold and dynamic

*Equally annoying to all viewers

*Good compromise

[Cons are:]

*None