• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Advice needed editing mixed DVCAM formats

  Posted by Alex Rinquest on August 27, 2006 at 5:18 pm

  We have a situation where an event was recorded by two DVCAM cameras. One was inadvertently set to 16 x 9 and the other normal 4:3. Final delivery is 4:3
  Ignoring content for the moment can anyone advise what would be the most practical way to go about tackling this problem.
  Much appreciated

  Alex Rinquest replied 19 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tim Kolb

  August 27, 2006 at 5:37 pm

  You have two choices as I see it.

  You could set up a 4:3 project and end up cropping the outside content of the 16:9 footage.

  Or you could set up a “fake letterbox” in a 4:3 project using the Title Designer to create a black bar at the top of the screen and a black bar at the bottom based on where the borders fall when you shrink the 16:9 content to fit totally on the 4:3 screen and crop the 4:3 content so it looks like it was shot 16:9 as well…and deliver the final video as a 4:3 file with a letterbox (tell the client it’s the “Director’s cut” and charge extra…:-) )

  I would probably lean toward the second option if the client will go for it as you have more flexibility that way…

  TimK,

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  Alex Rinquest

  August 27, 2006 at 7:09 pm

  Will do

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