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Poblems with in-camera 16:9 in Premiere 6.0
I shoot footage on a Canon GL1 with the in-camera 16:9 mode, which stretches the image vertically, using the entire 4:3 frame. I do not capture to tape, opting to use a FireStore FS-4 instead, and I transfer the video files to the PC. Now, looking at the properties of these .avi files, their screen resolution is 720×480 (which is typical of 4:3 video as well). When I play these raw files in Media Player 9, the aspect ratio is automatically adjusted for viewing, and the video is excellent. Now I’m ready to load the clips into Premiere, and edit them in 16:9 mode, and export. Once I’ve completed this step, I view the clip from Media Player 9, and even though I’ve kept the resolution the same, my clips are viewed in 4:3, which is now unnacceptable. I use Nero Vision v.4.0.0.3 to author DVD’s, and it doesn’t recognize these clips as 16:9 (it will however process raw clips perfectly), and when I try to force the aspect ratio, the quality is compromised significantly. Is there a specific export resolution (or pixel aspect) in Premiere I should be using that I currently am not? I’m certain that it is in Premiere where things are getting convoluted. Is it because I’m not capturing from tape in Premiere? I’ve even tried to manually set the export resolution to 853×480, but that didn’t work (I didn’t think it would, but had to try). Basically, why don’t my edited 16:9 clips look as good as the captured clips, even though I’m not using any compression, and why won’t they be recognized as 16:9 by Media Player and other applications?
Thanks,
Brian Fischer“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” – Tyler Durden
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Never mind… I’m an idiot. I had my export settings set to “Microsoft AVI” rather than “Microsoft DV AVI”. Once I changed that setting, it was golden.
Thanks,
Brian Fischer“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” – Tyler Durden
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