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DV widescreen footage – aspect ratio
I’m using a DeckLink Studio card with Premiere Pro CS6 and the latest BMD drivers. The footage I’m editing is PAL widescreen DV, but my monitor (a Dell 2408 in 1:1 mode connected via HDMI) plays it back in 4:3 format. If I change the mode to ‘fill’ it shits to widescreen but, of course, it’s blown up an badly pixelated. What I’m really looking for is 1:1 widescreen playback.
Any thoughts / ideas gratefully received.
Thanks very much
Julian
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4 Replies
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SD widescreen is not 1:1 on a square pixel monitor.
PAL widescreen video has 720×576 pixels. You should set your monitor to 16×9 if it has that setting (i don’t think it does, the dell monitors are horrible at dealing with aspect ratios)
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Thanks Tom. The Dell does have a 16:9 mode, but it tries to upscale the image – which makes it horribly pixelated. It look alike I’m stuck! Shame- as it works flawlessly with Media Composer, which must send out an anamorphic flag with the video.
Julian
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hmm
are you in a proper 16:9 project / sequence in PP?I’m (kind of) surprised it works in AVID but not Premiere, I suspect you may find a switch to set the anamorphic flag somewhere in the settings (i have zero idea where though, I gave up on premiere at version 5 – about 10 years ago!)
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Yup – all the sequence settings are correct for a DV 16:9 project. Playback in PPr is 16:9 – but just not in my client monitor. Either PPr isn’t sending the anamorphic flag or the monitor isn’t interpeting it correctly.
J
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