[dirtfloorcracker]

Im a little confused here... basically my question is this:

How can both 16:9 & 4:3 aspect ratios both be 720x480 pixels? It seems like 16:9 would have a larger pixel width than 4:3.

It came up recently when I tried to patch missing footage in a widescreen DVD using still photos. I edited the photos in photoshop to 720x480 pixels, but when I dropped them in using Vegas, the photos weren't quite wide enough, and there were black bars on the left and right of the photos. I ended up cropping them to about 875x480 pixels to get it to fill up the width.

Its also an issue in Architect. Im using photos for the menu backgrounds, and if the photo isnt sized properly, architect stretches it to fit the widescreen format, which distorts the photo.

How do folks properly size photos to fit in Vegas & Architect in both 16:9 & 4:3 aspect ratios?

Any help here would be greatly appreciated!