This is getting more mysterious. I imported the .avi into Encore, and voila, it appears as 16 x 9 like its supposed to. Which means its Windows Media Player, and Quicktime, and Real Player that is squishing the 16 x 9 .avi to 4 x 3. Anyone ever heard of this?
Also, I did a lower third in After Effects. I created the graphic in Photoshop and it has a perfect circle in it. When I bring the graphic into After Effects (Comp Setting is at 1.2), I interpret footage as 1.2 And the circle is squished on the After Effects monitor!!! Which would be bad enough, but when I save the project and bring it into the Premier project, its FINE!!! No squished circle!! What in the heck is going on here?
Any explanations cheerfully accepted!!
Dave