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Black bar problem
Hello All,
My question is regarding importing files. Im shooting on a sony hc1 in 4:3. When i import i get black bars which is great usually…but not when im shooting for green screen. The only way i have worked around this is masking out the bars in AE but its a pain. Is there some other way of importing or filming minus the bars? Anyone else had/has this experience?
cheers 🙂
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9 Replies
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Do you mean you’re getting pillar boxing? Why not capture in a 4:3 project?
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
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Thanks for your reply.. No not vertical rather horizontal boxing. I am shooting in 4:3 yet, I’m still getting the bars…?
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So the image is squished short and fat inside the letterbox?
What are the project settings you are using?
Describe the steps in your workflow in detail please.
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
http://www.classondemand.net -
ok, within my hc1 i select to film 4:3 settings. When i import the footage to Premiere i select PAL 4:3.. is this what you meant? I can only import it when i set it to DV rather than HDV. Could this be causing the problem? The image itself is fine just with black bars at the top and bottom. I thought this may only be appearing on my comp screen so i viewed it on an external monitor and it was still there (although a little thinner) .. ? Thank you for your responses
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If you are getting bars, and nothing looks squeezes vertically, then you are shooting 16:9
Vince
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LOL i completely agree with you but i have checked a MILLION times on my camera and it clearly says I’m shooting 4:3! AHHHH i will have to settle with masking the bars out when doing green screen
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HDV, like all HD is only 16:9. You would have been shooting DV when set to 4:3, not HD.
I agree that the camera is at least outputting 16:9 to the computer. I wonder if the FW output settings aren’t set to “letterbox” or something like that. The camera’s output is probably the wild card here…
TimK,
Director,
Kolb Productions,Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
http://www.classondemand.net -
You would get thiner bars if you were to import Pal footage into an NTSC project, but if are sure you are working in PAL all the way, how about if you create a new Widescreen Pal project and import the footage then, what do you get ?
Vince
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Ok so i did what you said, made a widescreen project and imported the avi. Below I have standard and wide screen view to show you what im getting. I know I am doing something wrong just by looking at that image…?
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