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Is there a simple fix for this problem?
By @sarah22729688jqog
You are editing your footage in a 4:3 SD sequence with a resolution of 720x480 and are exporting to HD at 16:9 with a resolution of 1920x1080. Ths gives black bars and bad video quality output.
So, are your source video 720x480?
If the source video is 1920x1080, go to Sequence > Sequence Settings and set the Editing Mode to Custom and change the Width to 1920, change the height to 1080, change the Pixel Aspect Ratio to 1.0.
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By @sarah22729688jqog
How does the footage look when you open it in the Source panel? Black bars there as well? 🙂
does this resolve when you export or does everything have to be edited and scaled again?
By @sarah22729688jqog
No, that wont be resolved. You always need to know the properties of your source footage, iow if it is 720x480 of if it is 1920x1080 or any other size. right click on a clip in the Project panel and choose Properties and look for Image Size, Frame Rate and Pixel Aspect Ratio. Knowing this is the key, now and for future edits. 🙂
It is possible to resize/reframe clips in the Effect Controls panel, but without knowing the properties of the footage it´s a hit and miss to start reframing/resizing.
When I start scaling footage back to where it needs to be, will the output be terrible with black bars as before?
No if the source footage don´t have black bars. (Yes if the source footage has black bars.)
One way to reset properties is to select the clip on the timeline and use the Reset button/buttons in the Effect Controls. (See the attached image) Mind you that if you use Scale to scale up footage later for reframing it will cost some quality in the end.
Before doing big changes like this it is good to duplicate the sequence so you still have the original to go back to if needed. Right click on the sequence in the Project panel and select Duplicate.
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