According to the help file, at the project window, if you right click on the AVI clip that I import (again, which contains the slide show. I am not importing still images) and select “interpret,” you should be able to select “Use pixel aspect ratio from file: square pixels (1.0)” supposedly preserving the original image. Here’s yet another twist to the dilemma: Even when I do some edits to the original AVI file, then export it from Premiere Pro as an AVI file, then import the edited clip opening it again using Adobe Premiere Pro, I get the same problem: the image in the “Source” monitor does not appear the same as the image in the “program” monitor. No matter what I import into Premiere Pro the two monitor images don’t look the same, and the final output is always what I see on the program monitor (which has the “zoomed-in” appearance. We’re not talking about just still images. This is an AVI file. What am I not getting here? Is there something like a path that goes in a chain from the source monitor to the timeline then to the program monitor? (Please don’t just tell me to read the help files. If I could find the answer in the help files I wouldn’t need to ask at a forum! In fact, because there’s nothing in the help files regarding my dilemma I’m under the impression that it is a glitch in the application, which I already inquired about in my first post.)
Still hoping for an answer from someone who knows what I’m talking about. 🙂