Vertical digital stills distorted on Adobe Premiere

[scubalien]

Hello all,

I am currently working on a slide show dvd that I am using Adobe Premiere 6.0. Some of my scanned pics (the vertical ones) are coming out distorted even when I have resized to the recommended :
DVD VBR 3000-8000 Kb/s 720x576/480 MPEG-2

Here are specifics:
NTCS
Frame size: 720x480
Pixel Aspect Ratio1/DV NTSC .9
Frame Size 29.97

If anyone has any suggestions, I would REALLY appreciate it.

Much thanks,
sarita

[pijetro]

Edit>Preferences>General and Still Image.

Check the maintain aspect ratio...
Restart a new project, so that it's fresh....

Drop a still onto the timeline. Right click the clip Video Options>Aspect fill colour....

Good luck!!!

[scubalien]

Pijetro-

THANK YOU so much!!!!!!!!!!!!! It worked, it was driving me crazy trying to figure this out, you have no idea how thankful I am. This is my first time using Premiere for a slide show dvd, so I truly appreciate it
sarita