premiere pro1.5 - stills on timeline are cropped!

[The Linguist]

I added about 50 pictures to the timeline to make a slideshow at the end of my video. However when I watch the slideshow all the pictures are cropped sot that you can only see the center of each picture.

how can I fix this?

[lordsmurf]

This is mentioned in various guides at wrigleyvideo.com

[The Linguist]

I looked there earlier, but I didn't find anything that said how to avoid the cropping. in the photo wall montage the narrator said it is a good thing and proceded to show soemthign that I will want to try later, but doesn't solve my current problem.

How to bring in 50+ pictures and not have them automatically cropped.

[guns1inger]

I don't use permiere, so I can't give you specifics, but the simplest solution is to make sure your images are of the correct resolution to begin with. Then you won't have this problem. You only need them larger if you are intending to go for the much over-used "Ken Burn's effect".

Otherwise, look up the help files - they will have the answer.

[The Linguist]

Here's an obvious newbie question - what is the correct size?

[guns1inger]

What format at you working in ?

NTSC - square pixels - 720 x 540
NTSC - DV - 720 x 480 (this is probably the one you want)

PAL - square pixels - 768 x 576
PAL - DV - 720 x 576

[The Linguist]

What format at you working in ?

NTSC - square pixels - 720 x 540
NTSC - DV - 720 x 480 (this is probably the one you want)

PAL - square pixels - 768 x 576
PAL - DV - 720 x 576

So if I resize all my images to to meet these dimensions I shouldn't have any problems?

I am using NTSC - DV and will try that out later. THanks for your help.

[edDV]

I haven't done this in awhile but this is what I remember. The trick is to set preferences.

In general preferences for stills, turn on "lock aspect ratio". You can also set default still duration.

Import the stills into the bin with import command.

Drag stills to timeline. Set duration.
Render work area.

Then instant presto the still is sized to the project frame size with correct PAR (pixel aspect ratio).

You can also apply filters like crop.

Added: here is a good tutorial. See P-2
http://media.studio.adobe.com/tips/media/en/pre7ppimport/pdfs/pre7ppimport.pdf

[mikiem]

It's confusing because of all the aspect ratio blather and misunderstandings. The best solution is to size your clips as listed in the pdf in Adobe's knowledgebase. It takes into account how prem works and resizes, so you'll get optimal results.

Problem is because the software wants to help you create DV, DVD, D1 spec video -- if you're going to DVD, you want to leave them distorted.

For regular PC viewing, set your clips to 1:1, & set prem to ignore aspect, though I'm fairly sure the latter is the default. FWIW, Sony's much worse. I hate to say it, but cheap & free slideshow software seems to handle it more elegantly then the expensive apps.

[wwaag]

the linguist

edDV is correct. If you want to resize your imported images to the your default project size (e.g. 720x480) do this. Under the New Project box, select the Custom Settings tab. On the left "General" will be dark gray. On the right, go to the bottom of the video section and check "Scale clips to project dimensions when adding to sequence". That's all you need to do. All of your images will be resized to 720x480. The PRO default is unchecked. The advantage of leaving it "unchecked" occurs whenever you want to create "motion" for that still image. E.g., if you want to pan a part of the image from right to left, then the resulting resolution of the video will be much better if you leave the image at its original resolution, rather than rescaling to 720x480 whenever you import the image. However, if all you want is the still image at your project setting, then simply checking that box will do the trick. Hope this clears it up for you.

wwaag

[The Linguist]

the linguist

edDV is correct. If you want to resize your imported images to the your default project size (e.g. 720x480) do this. Under the New Project box, select the Custom Settings tab. On the left "General" will be dark gray. On the right, go to the bottom of the video section and check "Scale clips to project dimensions when adding to sequence". That's all you need to do. All of your images will be resized to 720x480. The PRO default is unchecked. The advantage of leaving it "unchecked" occurs whenever you want to create "motion" for that still image. E.g., if you want to pan a part of the image from right to left, then the resulting resolution of the video will be much better if you leave the image at its original resolution, rather than rescaling to 720x480 whenever you import the image. However, if all you want is the still image at your project setting, then simply checking that box will do the trick. Hope this clears it up for you.

wwaag

Excellent. I actually manually rescaled all the images as I do want to pan a few of them. But for future projects I will set things up like this. Thanks a bunch.

[jtoolman2000]

So if I resize all my images to to meet these dimensions I shouldn't have any problems?

You will still loose a bit around the edges due to Overscan on your TV, unless it is a HD pannel whicc seems to almost eliminate that problem, At least mine does.