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danielm97377054
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November 28, 2019
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Screen Aspect Ratio in Premiere Elements 10

  • November 28, 2019
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I was editing a video in Adobe Premiere Elements 10. At some point, the aspect ratio of the preview screen in Premiere changed from 16:9 to 4:3. This causes the video to be surrounded with black bars. I Right clicked on the video in the Project pane and I chose 'Interpreting Footage'. It allows me to change Pixel Aspect Ratio of a clip there but it only stretches my video. Saving in 16:9 aspect ratio only cut the corners of my video and saved as 4:3. When I start editing a new project from the begining, it seams to keep the screen aspect ratio correctly at 16:9.

How do I change the aspect ratio of the Premiere's screen so my 16:9 video is not inside 4:3 screen? In other words, how do I tell Premiere that the video I work with is 16:9 not 4:3. I need the 16:9 video to be in 16:9 screen in Premiere. Take a look at the photo examples:

 

 

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
November 28, 2019

What are the specs of the very first video on your timeline? By default, Premiere Elements automatically sets up your project based on the first clip on your timeline. (This feature can be over-ridden.)

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danielm97377054Author
Participant
November 28, 2019

The very first video is a Still Title. I just deleted it, saved, and restarted Premiere, but it did not change the preview screen to 16:9. The very first video is 1920x1080. How could I overwrite the settings so the screen shows as 16:9? Here is a screenshot of the very first video's specs: 

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Steve Grisetti
Legend
November 28, 2019

Version 10 is apparently too old to recognize MP4s and base project settings on them.

 

Start a new project. On the project set-up screen, select the project preset that represents Full AVCHD 1920x1080.

 

It's not easily possible in Premiere Elements 10 to change project settings mid-project.

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