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aleyland
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September 9, 2012
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Default scale to frame size after importing.

  • September 9, 2012
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I've sent 800 of 2000 clips from Redcine to Premiere CS6 and then added metadata in my Premiere project to all of the clips.  Only thing is I didn't have "Default scale to frame size" selected.  Is there a way I can refresh the clips so that they scale when dropped into timeline without having to relog. Please tell me there's a work around without having to re-import and re-log! Heheh, scaling each clip in the timeline would be a pain.


In the future could this be preference than can be turned on and off when you want it and not based from the time of import?

Thanks

-Aaron

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Correct answer AlexStudio

I found the answer!!

Select your multiple clips, then go to Clip > Video Options > Scale to Frame Size.

Boom.

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AlexStudioCorrect answer
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November 17, 2016

I found the answer!!

Select your multiple clips, then go to Clip > Video Options > Scale to Frame Size.

Boom.

stefan_gru
stefan_gru
Inspiring
November 17, 2016

Alex_Studio: That's the answer for how to change a bunch of clips at once but not for how set a default frame-size change on import. I would recommend making that a feature request: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 9, 2012

Select all the clips in the timeline, rightclick and set Scale to framesize.

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    aleylandAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2012

    Hi Ann,
    Thanks for your reply.

    So I just dragged 9hour and 40 minutes of 2k, 3k and 4k Red footage onto a timeline, selected it all and rightclicked and set scale to frame size.
    Totally works as it should but it doesn't really help me for editing as I'm bringing clips in one at a time, not 800 at a time.

    Is there a way to copy all of these clips now that they've been scaled properly and drag them back into a bin?
    I've dragged clipped that have been scaled back into the project window and then back to the timeline and they do not scale properly.


    I feel like if I have to right click every clip I put in the timeline to change its scale I might aswell start all over again and resent all of my selects from RedCine to Premiere with "Default scale to frame size" selected.

    Adobe, is there any other way to have footage automatically scale to the timeline when dropped into the timeline if "Default scale to frame" wasn't selected at time of import?

    Thanks guys!

    I'm really trying to avoid about 24 hours of reimporting and data entry.

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    SimonHy
    Participating Frequently
    September 24, 2012

    Thanks for the feedback guys.

    I think my main issue is that footage is all different resoultions and aspects, of 4KHD, 3K, 2K and but mostly 3K which isn't 16:9.

    Using "scale to match frame size" works on the 4K HD as it has the same aspect as my timeline but for the 3K I get a letterbox at top and bottom, so then I have to scale back up manually to 108% ish to fill the frame and am now losing quality, which I don't want to do.

    So I've been manually scaling the 3K to 67% to fit a 1080P timeline and the 4K to 50% which is a little time consuming because at first glance you can't tell what stuff is 4K or 3K in the timeline. Having the option to scale to match height or width would be ideal I think. 

    Here's a 3K shots scaled to fit frame in a 1080p timeline.... letterboxed.

    Anyone know a simplier work around for this non 16:9 footage?

    Thanks!


    aleyland wrote:

    but for the 3K I get a letterbox at top and bottom, so then I have to scale back up manually to 108% ish to fill the frame and am now losing quality, which I don't want to do.

    You're not losing quality. 3K has pixels to spare in an HD timeline; Premiere's "Scale to Framesize" VERY annoyingly labels the re-framed shot as "100%" zoom at the new size, but it's still referencing the original file which isn't anywhere near 100% scale at that level of zoom.

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