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P2 originated .mov files imported into Premiere – aspect ratio problem
I’m just one of the probably thousands assessing whether I should try moving all my old projects to premiere pro CS5 from FCP7, and I’ve run into a problem that I can’t figure out.
I’ve got 720p30pn and 1080p30 footage shot on the HVX-200. The footage was previously brought into final cut pro via log-and-transfer, so it’s all .mov files. Sadly, I don’t have copies of the original P2 cards (containing the mxf files).
When I try importing this footage into Premiere Pro, it doesn’t display at the correct pixel aspect ratio, even though it states that it’s DVCPRO HD, and shows the correct pixel dimensions.
Doing a test on my machine, if I shoot new P2 footage and import directly from a copy of the card, there are no problems.
When I try exporting XLM files of final cut projects, and importing them into PPro, I still have my 720p footage displaying at the wrong aspect ratio.
Has anyone encountered this problem, and if so is there a fix?
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3 Replies
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Select all the clips in the Project Window, right click and go to Interprete Footage and set it to the correct PAR.
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Thanks! Will that work for multiple clips at once? I seem to remember trying it for a clip, and being confused because the pixel aspect ratio I had to choose to make it look normal wasn’t the same as the pixel aspect ratio that I saw when importing P2 footage directly.
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Alternately, you can also export all of your 720 clips using compressor and then match the codec appropriately then bring it over at PPro
That should work also
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