Getting YouTube's Aspect Ratio Correct...

[HansDekkers]

Dear Fellow Premiere Pro CC users,

I recently migrated from Sony's Vegas to Premiere Pro CC (latest version), and I'm wrestling to get a YouTube upload to show full screen on YouTube ( = without black bars).

Here's what I do...

My Top Menu > Sequence > Sequence settings are this...

And my Top Menu > File > Export > Media settings are this...

And the end result on YouTube shows black bars in top and bottom...

What am I doing wrong??

Looking forward to your expert input. Thanks so much,

Hans

[excited_Genie16B8]

What camera and format was used for filming?

[Richard M Knight · Accepted solution]

Your sequence PAR is 1.33  but the export PAR is 1.0.

[HansDekkers]

You are fully correct, Richard. Thanks so much. I already started to suspect that PAR (a new concept for me). Changed the Sequence PAR to 1.0 and the YouTube was full frame or black-border-free. Thanks so much for coaching.

[R Neil Haugen]

PAR is pixel aspect ratio ... width to height of the individual pixels. Most cameras and devices shoot 'square' 1:1, but for some purposes, occasionally ratios of lower than 1.0 or higher are used. Put a 1.3 pixel on a 1.0 sequence gets a weird image, narrow and 'tall' in appearance. Put a 1.0 pixel on a 1.3 sequence, it's now 'fat' and short.

Neil