• Adobe Premiere Pro

  converting 4:3 to 16:8

  Posted by Johnlm on May 7, 2007 at 9:53 pm

  Forgive me if this question has already been asked. I’ve searched but did not find an answer. I am under a very tight schedule to complete a project at work. Freaking out here!!

  I shot several 720×480 DV clips in 16:9 and (mistakenly) one in 4:3. It is not possible to reshoot the 4:3 stuff.

  My custmer requires an authored DVD with all the clips in 16:9.

  I’m using PP 2.0 & TMPGEnc DVD.

  I experimented with Adobe Media Encoder but can’t seem to crack the code. Shouldn’t I just be able to add black on each side of the 4:3, without loosing any info at the top or bottom of the frame? Am I missing some key concept?

  What’s the best way to proceed?

  Thanks very much!

  John

  Gene Colburn — email address bounces notices replied 19 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Johnlm

  May 7, 2007 at 9:54 pm

  Correction: Subject should read “converting 4:3 to 16:9”

  Man am I fat fingered!
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  Gene Colburn — email address bounces notices

  May 8, 2007 at 1:22 am

  Probably the best way to do this would be to use the Magic Bullet product (Instant HD) from redgiant software. It is a plug in for PPro or FCP. It essentially gives you a software based anamorphic filter, allowing you to integrate 4×3 with 16×9. Its not a perfect stretch but better than stretched letterbox that you can do with PPro native.

  https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/instanthd.html

  I wish Adobe would buy these guys.

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