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image size vs. frame size
I had some HD video tape (1920 x 1080) that was exported to quicktime. There was no compression and the resolution wasn’t changed. I want to now import the quicktime video into premiere, so I set my project to 1920 x 1080, square pixels, 24fps which is what the camera recorded at.
My problem is that when it comes into Premiere, it comes in at half size (960×540). It sits in the middle of the preview window with black all around because it is only half size.
When I view the properties of the video, it says that image size is 960×540 and frame size is 1920×1080.
My question is, what is the difference between these two? Why does it come in at half size, and how do I get it to come in at the full size? I know it is 1920×1080, so why doesn’t it completely fill my preview window? Why does premiere shrink it? I want it to be 1920×1080, which I know for a fact the video is. Am I missing something? I’m using Premiere Pro CS3.
Thanks for any help.
Phil
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Frame size is your Project Setting preset resolution. Image size is the resolution of your asset. What is the PAR (pixel Aspect Ratio)? is the image squished in the Program window? If not, then Premiere may be correct.
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What was the source (camera, recording format)?
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https://library.creativecow.net/articles/kolb_tim/formats.php
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The image doesn’t appear to be squished…it looks fine. It is square pixels (1.0) for the aspect ratio. So at 1920×1080 that gives a 16:9 which is what it should be.
If I open the movie in Quicktime and go to window > show movie properties, quicktime reports normal size of video as 1920×1080.
-Phil
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It was recorded on an HD camera, Sony cinealta I believe, but I don’t know which exact model. It was filmed directly to digital tape. We then sent the tapes out to a company that exported the video and audio with a time code to a terabyte external hard drive in quicktime format.
From what I was told, there was no manipulation or resizing done. It was a straight conversion from digital tape to hard drive.
-Phil
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