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johnf83075185
Inspiring
May 10, 2021
Question

Movie menu customization in PRE19

  • May 10, 2021
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I am using PRE19 on a Windows 10 computer.  I am creating a movie menu for a DVD (the "Art in Motion" version).  When it comes to the scene thumbnails they are stretched horizontally so that they look unnatural.  The problem is that the original movie was 4:3 (from old 8mm cine film) but now within a 16:9 format so that there are black bars either side.  When filling the scene thumbnail it seems that the program wants to remove the black bars and so stretches the image.  When I try adjusting the image by using the grab handles on the surrounding box it stretches the whole picture frame, not just the image inside it.  Is there any way I can correct this so that the images appear normal?

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
May 10, 2021

It depends on the specs of your source video. 

 

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johnf83075185Author
Inspiring
May 10, 2021

Hi Steve,

The source video was a professional telecine conversion from 8mm cine film to MP4 (H.264 codec), 1920x1080.  The black bars either side are embedded. Project settings are PAL DSLR 1080p 25 fps.

 

The main "Art-in-Motion" menu is fine where I am using a jpeg photo and I can shift it around as required.

 

For the scene thumbnail it seems that this must come from the movie itself as the only apparent option is to scroll back and forth thoough the movie.  There appears to be no option to insert a jpeg photo.

 

Does this mean I just have to accept the "stretched" images on the scene thumbnails?

 

Thanks for your help.

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
May 10, 2021

If your video is actually 1920x1080 and your project specs are also 1920x1080 you shouldn't have have to change the size of the video on the menu pages. It should appear normal but with the black bars on the sides.

 

Can you confirm that if you look under the Edit menu, 1920x1080 25 fps is listed on the General page under Project Settings?

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