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Issues with Black border around the movie & with still pictures focused
Hi all,
I am fresher to the video editing world, so kindly bear with me if my question is too idiotic.
Few facts:
1. I am using a Panasonic camcorder, bought in US
2. Adobe Premiere pro 1.5
3. Win XP home with 512 MB ram
4. I am trying to copy the video in to pro by selecting 48HZ PAL ( It needs to be PAL, as I am going to view the video in a PAL tv)I was succusfully captured the movie in to Pro. In preview window, the video appears to be perfect without any issues. But when I include the same in to the timeline, there is a black sorrounding ( a thick black border) appears around the video. I completed the video and rendered. The final output also appreas to have the boarder. Can anyone suggest me how to remove this one? Does this anyway linked with the NTPC camera to a PAL Video conversion?
My second problem is to do with the still pictures. I have included the still pictures taken from my Canon G3 camera. In the preview window, it is appearing good but when I include the picture in to the timeline, it is getting focused (ie, the images are getting enlarged and part of the picture is getting truncated because of this focus effect).
Appreciate any help from you gurus.
Thanks,
Hari.
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[harikrishka] “I am using a Panasonic camcorder, bought in US”
[harikrishka] “I am trying to copy the video in to pro by selecting 48HZ PAL ( It needs to be PAL, as I am going to view the video in a PAL tv)”If you bought the camcorder in the US it’s NTSC(unless you specified PAL when purchased), you need to edit as a NTSC project and convert the video to PAL when done.
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The black border is caused by the conversion from NTSC to PAL. PAL video is a little larger than NTSC (and a different frame rate) however, Premiere Pro can handle the conversion just fine as you have found. The solution to getting rid of the black border is the same as the solution to getting your pictures the right size.
1. Select the clip or picture in the timeline that you want to change.
2. In the ‘Effects Control’ tab click on the triangle next to the ‘Motion’ menu item.
3. Change the size of the picture or video so that it fills the frame as you like.
4. Do the same for each clip or picture until you are done.The pictures have enough pixels to look good after you resize them, but the video will start to look a little soft as you zoom in. If it looks too soft, you might find that leaving the black border is a better solution. You also might find that deinterlacing the video as you convert from NTSC to PAL (right click on the clip in the timeline, choose field options, choose always interlace) improves the picture. Thy it both ways and see which looks better on your TV (not just your monitor in Premiere Pro)
Good luck and welcome to the world of video editing.
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Thanks a lot Lloyd, being a newbie to video editing your support helped me a lot.
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