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Hey folks –

We created a short tutorial to show you how to change the frame size in Premiere Pro 2020. This should clarify any questions you may have!

Hope this helps!

Caroline

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Denis38033258m3sg
Participant
June 13, 2024

I found how to fix this problem. need to disable 2 settings

caroline_edits
Community Manager
caroline_editsCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
March 17, 2020

Hey folks –

We created a short tutorial to show you how to change the frame size in Premiere Pro 2020. This should clarify any questions you may have!

Hope this helps!

Caroline

    Keith_22
    Keith_22
    Participant
    January 15, 2022

    Hi Caroline, how about changing sequence sizes in bulk? Any way to do that? My current workaround is this which is way too cumbersome. 

    juanmario
    juanmario
    Participating Frequently
    May 13, 2018

    The most advisable thing would be if you can update Premiere, in old versions, depending on the chosen preset, some options were blocked.

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 24, 2018

    This simple remedied is by making a custom sequence in which all settings are available and copy everything over.

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 9, 2016

    Select the sequence in the Project Window, go to Sequenc/Sequence Settings  and change the editing mode to Custom

    Now you can change the frame size.

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      Joey Nobody
      Participant
      January 23, 2017

      Hey Ann, this was super helpful with the exception of the locked aspect ratio. Do you know of a way to unlock? Need video that is 1500x500 for a web site. Appreciate...

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      December 20, 2017

      The aspect ratio is only locked in the preview section of sequence settings for me. In CC 2017, if I adjust the sequence settings and select 'Custom', I can set any size I want under the 'Video' section.

      With a new sequence set up in this way I can pull down my clips as normal, but I do need to scale them or accept the cropping that results.

      My challenge was to find a way of outputting a video that had been created in a 16:9 frame, using cropping to mask the top and bottom portions of the frame. By outputting to 16:9 I got black bars top and bottom. The client asked for these to be removed and I did this at the output stage.

      With my 16:9 timeline selected, with its black bars, I went to 'Export/Media'. In the Export Settings box I went to 'source' and clicked on the cropping tool. I dragged the top and bottom edges to the edges of the black bars, effectively selecting only video content. The cropping tool told me the new dimensions of the frame and I used this information to set the output dimensions on the right.

      I hope this helps people. I landed on this page in the quest to solve this problem and managed it thanks to the previous posts on here. Perhaps this addition will make it more useful for people with the same challenge as me.


      do need to scale them or accept the cropping that results.

      If it was framed properly during filming, you'd accept the cropping.

      If it was not properly framed for the desired aspect, you'd have to use the Motion effect to reframe many of the shots.

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