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16:9 question – capture in PPRO
-I have posted a similar message in the Premiere Pro forum but now think it would be better to ask DVX users-
Shot project with the 100E (European version) in 16:9 (without anamorphic adapter) and am editing in Premiere Pro on a Widescreen PAL project. Basically, the aspect ratios are wrong and I have no idea have to change this. I think it is capturing as 4:3 – would this be because I’m using a different DV (Sony Handycam) to capture?
Here is my Monitor window:
Notice the black borders in the sequence monitor.
Any ideas what I should do?
James
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My Friend I believe I have bad news for you. It appears to me as if you shot in LETTERBOX format on your DVX. NOT anamorphic. My DVX100, the original one for the US, shoots wide aspect in the same way. A brief explanation:
Anamorphic Widescreen: A 720×480 (720x576PAL) DV image with a wide field of view Squeezed into it and a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2. In a Widescreen project in Premier this is the type of footage that you would use and Adobe unstretches for DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY but you’re final timeline is still a piece of video with the same characteristics. In the end it’s the DVD player that UNSTRETCHES this squished image for playback.
Letterboxed Widescreen: A 720×480 (720x576PAL) DV image with a wide field of view inserted into the center of the screen with black bands at the top and the bottom and a pixel aspect ratio of 0.9. This video is for all intents and purposes 4:3 aspect ratio footage and to keep it’s proportions correct you would need to edit it in a 4:3 aspect Premier project. Your final product here would be a 4:3 piece of video with the black bars at the top and bottom and that
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