Export Frame is creating images that are "stretched"

Sleestak_1Author

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I thought I would test in VLC and lo and behold, the original footage with the odd PAR produces a perfect screen capture. So I guess the footage isn't an issue, it is something in Premiere that is causing the problem.

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Of course, it plays normal in VLC which is a player, Premiere is a non linear editor: big difference.

You don't seem to understand the whole concept of rectangular pixel vs non-rectangular pixel and standard resolution vs non-standard resolution, which this issue is all about.

As long as you do not provide the screenshots asked its end of story ...

Sleestak_1Author

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The replies I have been getting here said that any video footage with a PAR that wasn't square would never produce an exported still image that wasn't either stretched or compressed. I have merely stated that in Premiere, this is aboslutely true. However, when I played the same footage in VLC and exported a still image, it was not stretched or compressed, but was true to the video. I don't see what that has to do with VLC being a player and Premiere being an editor. I don't recall anyone asking for specific screenshots, I am not sure what exactly would need to be posted?

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Byron.

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Dont think its a good idea to change PAR if the original footage is 0.9.

In order to get a good still from a non-rectangular movie is to change the resolution, not the Par in the export. (e.g. 1024x720)

Sleestak_1Author

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Do you mean changing the resolution of the image after I export it?

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Byron.

Sleestak_1Author

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This is great info, I have never seen this before! Thankfully the still images appear fine when I import them directly into the timeline, they are only distorted when viewing in PS or elsewhere.

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This is great info, I have never seen this before! Thankfully the still images appear fine when I import them directly into the timeline, they are only distorted when viewing in PS or elsewhere.

By @Sleestak_1

That is normal behavior.

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Ann ya te ha dado la respuesta un par de veces, debes ajustar tu secuencia con el Pixel Aspect Ratio en 1.0 (cuadrado) y ajustar los clips si es necesario. Si no lo haces, se seguirá deformando el Still porque se exporta como 1.0 mientras que tu secuencia está en 0.8889, ese es el issue.

Byron.

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Michael Grenadier

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you can use photoshop to resize the still images so they'll display properly. On the mac, I think you can use preview to do this... not sure what the alternatives are on windows besides photoshop. For example, if you have a NTSC DV quicktime, the pixel dimensions are 720x480. You can resize the still image to display properly by changing the pixel dimensions to 640x480.

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Todo esto tiene que ver con el Pixel Aspect Ratio, debes buscar información acerca de cómo funciona este asunto porque es normal que cause un poco de confusión.

Byron.

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DeanUtian

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As mentioned, you need to make sure your sequence settings are as appropriate. The link below has good instructions with a video:

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/premiere-pro/using/aspect-ratios.html
Key point in the settings - "Under Video, enter the Frame Size(height) and horizontal(width). Premiere Pro automatically generates the aspect ratio."

Sleestak_1Author

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Thank you for that link, it has a lot of great information!

The video I export is fine, I haven't ever had a problem with distortion in a video clip. But when I export a frame from that same project with all the same setitngs, the image is stretched.

Sleestak_1Author

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Here is some interesting information I just discovered.

When I look at Sequence Settings, the frame size is 704x480. No distortion in the video clip at all. Seems that everything is fine. However, looking at literally hundreds of clips I have exported using these same settings, the videp clips are actually 629x480. All of them. And they also look fine as far as I can tell. I have never noticed any stretching or distortion in the video clips.

Any idea what is going on here?

Peru Bob

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Do your media properties and sequence settings match?

Sleestak_1Author

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The media properties shows: Pixel Aspect Ratio: 0.8889

Everything else looks like it matches.

Iss that something I can change? Because it appears that its all from a drop down and there isn't a way to change the sequence settings to get the pixel aspect ratio to match.