Premiere Pro Image Resize Problem

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Premiere Pro Image Resize Problem

Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:24 pm

Hey hey, my Premiere Pro keeps importing image files and squishing them to 640x480 even when the native resolution of the pictures is 720x480. I found nothing in the "Still Image" or "General" tabs that mentioned this...

And isn't there a "resize to project" somewhere?

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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:18 pm

1) You set the project settings when you start.
2) The diference occurs from the diference in PAR. But you can still edit in either PAR/Resolution if you keep track of it all and set your project/footage dimensions properly.
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Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:24 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:1) You set the project settings when you start.
2) The diference occurs from the diference in PAR. But you can still edit in either PAR/Resolution if you keep track of it all and set your project/footage dimensions properly.


Sorry to be a noob, but what is PAR and how can it be edited? Again, the problem is not that the native resolution of the image is wrong, but that Premiere is automatically resizing it as 640x480.

I went into the project settings and selected "Scale clips to project dimensions when adding to sequence" but it had no effect, even when I re-imported the images into the project.
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:31 pm

PAR - Pixel Aspect Ratio, It's the shape of the pixel. TVs have rectangular pixels and monitors have square ones, so the image would look wrong if sized for 1 vs the other... 720x480 (PAR of 0.9) is the same as 640x480 (PAR of 1.0).

IIRC you can't change a project's settings once you start the project in Premiere, but you have complete control of the project resolution when you start a new project.
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Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:41 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:PAR - Pixel Aspect Ratio, It's the shape of the pixel. TVs have rectangular pixels and monitors have square ones, so the image would look wrong if sized for 1 vs the other... 720x480 (PAR of 0.9) is the same as 640x480 (PAR of 1.0).

IIRC you can't change a project's settings once you start the project in Premiere, but you have complete control of the project resolution when you start a new project.


I began a new project and selected the "Scale clips..." but it still had no effect. What would you recommend changing in the settings?

Again, sorry to be a noob, but if there's a way to fix this without starting a new project, what would you suggest I do?
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:52 pm

-kari- wrote:I began a new project and selected the "Scale clips..." but it still had no effect. What would you recommend changing in the settings?

The default resolution...
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Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:14 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:
-kari- wrote:I began a new project and selected the "Scale clips..." but it still had no effect. What would you recommend changing in the settings?

The default resolution...


...which is 720x480. It brings in videos fine, but, for whatever reason, resizes any and all images.
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:23 pm

So your project is 720x480 and your source files are 720x480 and it imports them as 640x480 and adds bars to the sides?
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Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:26 pm

Yes. Again, this just applies to the images. It imports video just fine.
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:40 pm

Are the images Photoshop files with set PAR values?
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Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:53 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Are the images Photoshop files with set PAR values?


Yes. From what you've described, it seems like they must be set to PAR 1.0 instead of 0.9, but I don't know offhand where to address this (it seems more like an export setting than an "Image" setting, but if you happen to know exactly, do tell...).
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Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:57 pm

In addition, the problem doesn't apply just to Photoshop files. I've exported frames from the project and re-imported them and they too have been automatically resized.
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:37 pm

I'm not that great with photoshop myself, but I know the settings default to a square pixel (which is where the issues come in) when you save the file unless you change it manually. You can manually divide the width of your stills by 0.9 in premiere as a quick fix if you want (don't forget to uncheck the box that constrains proportions).
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Postby -kari- » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:49 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:You can manually divide the width of your stills by 0.9 in premiere as a quick fix if you want (don't forget to uncheck the box that constrains proportions).


How would I go about doing this? It's not hidden in one of the many "Video Effects," I'm assuming...
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Postby Panky » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:57 pm

lol, kari, do you have a problem that when a image is exported from premiere to photoshop it looks like this ?

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(Imagine that the red is the picture)

I actually have the same problem and the same things you do.
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