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HDV in Premiere Pro ~ Question About Frame Size
This is the first time I’ve ever tried editing HDV in Premiere. I have some footage with just plain DV, and also some footage that was done on an HD camera that I am needing to place on the same timeline. What I am finding, is that the video done in HD is appearing “blown up”… when I look at it in Source View, it looks fine, but… when I place it in the timeline, it’s zoomed in.. and all I am seeing is very close up video…its like the outer part of the video has been cropped off, and what I am seeing is just the very center of the video. Is there any way to fix this? Why is it showing up this way? Am I going to be able to mix DV and HDV on the same timeline? H E L P!! 🙂
Thanks in advance! Lisa -
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right click this clip in the timeline and select “scale to Frame…”
Fixed!!!
– JBJon Barrie
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For future reference, in Premiere Preferences, there is a check box for “Scale to Frame”. Enabling this feature, clips being imported will automatically scale to the project frame size. Note it doesn’t affect clips already imported, and those can be done via Right-click as Jon suggested.
Also, you didn’t mention whether the DV clips were 16:9 or 4:3. If they are 4:3 in a 4:3 project, your HDV clips will be letterboxed. To avoid the black bars and fill the frame to match 4:3 DV, do NOT check Scale to Frame – rather, use the MOTION effect in the Effects Controls panel and SCALE the clip down until it just fills the screen without showing the black edges. The sides of the image will be cropped off when doing this.
If there is something important on one side of the frame that gets cut off, after scaling you can adjust the horizontal position to “pan over” to the area you wish to show.
If working in a 16:9 DV project, then just Scale to Frame and you’ll be fine
Jeff Pulera
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