Skip to main content
U
ulrichm74562597
Participating Frequently
October 26, 2017
Answered

user defined export format 768x320 not possible in PREL?

  • October 26, 2017
  • 3 replies
  • 459 views

Dear community,

I must create videos in a special format - 768x320 pixels, size ratio 1:2,4.

so I scale it to 1920x800 (1:2,4) and created an user defined Export Format 768x320.

The result in PREL is looking well. "Mediainfo" displays the correct pixel format 768x320, but when I play the Video using VLC or Media Player, there is a black border exceeding the range of 768 Pixels to 1080.

It seems that PREL is not able to export the video with a pixel number smaller than 1080.

What am I doing wrong?

Second, there are big differences between PREL 12 and 15.

PREL 12 is working better than 15; 12 creates the Export as described, using 15 half of the content, i.e. text, is positioned outside of the 768x320 area.

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer Ann Bens

    Elements wont let you do that as it has no crop function on export.

    You will always be stuck with black borders if you go outside the default video settings.

    Were does this 768x320 come from

    3 replies

    B
    Community Expert
    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 26, 2017

    A really long time ago there were discussions on this forum where you could edit one of the project preset files to make a new custom format.  I actually got it to work once about 5 versions ago!  Then I quickly abandon the concept.  

    It is bizarre and you have to muck around in the bowels of the program.  There is no guarantee that it will work and certainly no support for trying it.  If you want a link to the old topic I would be happy to look for it.

    Good luck with your custom format!

    Bill

    U
    ulrichm74562597Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 27, 2017

    Dear Bill...

    Thank You very much for Your help :-)
    I think that I should give up solving this task using PREL.

    The complete different behaviour between the two releases PREL 12 and 15 seems to me that even If I would follw Your elder solutions it would cost me a lot of time.
    I'm in a high season of video production, and I think it could be faster to use another video editing software as an post processor. I hope so ;-)

    Thanks and best regards :-)
    Ulli

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    October 26, 2017

    Elements wont let you do that as it has no crop function on export.

    You will always be stuck with black borders if you go outside the default video settings.

    Were does this 768x320 come from

    U
    ulrichm74562597Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 27, 2017

    Thanks a lot, dear Ann...
    I thought I got a better hint, but it seems I must face the reality and change my video editing software :-(
    Premiere CS is able to do that, but I fear the time to change it in a running project.
    It is a mystery behaviour of PREL... I can create the reduced size export format, MediaInfo concernes this, and using an Android device I see the reduced size. Not using VLC or so.
    ok ok, Thank You very much... its my turn now ;-)

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 27, 2017

    ulrichm74562597  wrote

    It is a mystery behaviour of PREL... I can create the reduced size export format, MediaInfo concernes this, and using an Android device I see the reduced size. Not using VLC or so.
    ok ok, Thank You very much... its my turn now ;-)

    No its not mysterious. Elements is not PrPro which has far more features but cost a lost more.

    On a side note an Android device is not the same as the VLC player.

    S
    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    October 26, 2017

    Looks like simple mathematics to me, ulrich.

    If you scale 1920x1080 down to a width of 768, then the height is 432, not 320. (40% of each measurement.) Because of this, the program is having to add black to squeeze the width down to about 569 in order to accommodate that 320 height.

    That size you're trying to fit (2.4 ratio) is sometimes used for theatrical film -- as opposed to the more standard 16;9 used for video and TV.

    U
    ulrichm74562597Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 27, 2017

    Thanks, dear Steve...

    I scale down the 1980 x 800, so I get the same ratio from 1 : 2.4.
    PREL seems not to be able to crop the export to the reduced size, as my other helpers here wrote.

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices