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Setting Widescreen 16:9 frame aspect ratio

  • March 7, 2017
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How do you change 4:3 frame aspect ratio to 16:9 widescreen in Premiere Pro CC 2017 at start up?  My video was in 4:3 but I wanted to start at 16:9.

    Correct answer SAFEHARBOR11

    Hi Jeff: The sources are both HD and SD in widescreen.  I was using clips from past videos i made, to make a new music video.  But when I exported the final product (without using sequence settings, I just used the first screen that came up "New Project" but it did not give me a choice to choose between 4:3 or 16:9) it came out in 4:3.  Then I redid the exporting by first changing the sequence settings for one clip of SD and it came out in widescreen but the video only covered a small portion of the field.

    In my CS5 Premiere Pro, I could choose widescreen 16:9 before entering the project.  Can't you do this also with Premiere Pro CC 2017?

    Thanks Frank


    Hi Frank,

    When starting a NEW Project in CC, you might see reference to "DV" on the screen - that is simply the default CAPTURE format and has nothing at all to do with the Sequence Settings. In fact, when the New Project opens, there will be no sequences in the timeline yet.

    When you drag the first piece of media to the timeline area, a Sequence is then created to match the source clip. Alternately, you can use File > New > Sequence and choose a Sequence to suit your needs.

    The question then is - how do you want to deliver the finished video? SD, 720p, 1080p? Decide that up front and choose a sequence accordingly. If most of the footage is HD, just use one of those HD clips to create the new sequence, either dragging to the empty timeline, or right-click and select New Sequence from Clip. This takes the guesswork out of selecting a proper sequence, just make it match your footage.

    For clips that are a different size and do not fit the chosen sequence, right-click and use Set to Frame Size. SD clips in an HD sequence will of course look softer than HD clips.

    Thanks

    Jeff Pulera

    Safe Harbor Computers

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Brainiac
    March 7, 2017

    That would necessarily involve either boxes to either side, or cropping your video's top and bottom, of course. That said ...

    To the Menu bar, "Sequence/Sequence Settings" ... and from the list of options, you could change the top one, "Editing mode", selecting an option from the drop down that's a 16:9 (1920x1080 or 1280x720 would do) or you could go down a bit farther, and change the frame size settings as underlined here ...

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
      frankf92930730
      frankf92930730Author
      New Participant
      March 7, 2017

      Hi Neil:

      When I opened the Sequence/Settings it was greyed out. So I had to place

      an asset in the timeline and click on. Then it opened up and I changed it

      to ACHDV 1080i anamorphic 1440 x 1080 but when I exported it using H.264 it

      did not fill the screen. Adobe stated:You set the frame and pixel aspect

      ratios for a Premiere Pro project when you create it. Once these ratios are

      set, you cannot change them for that project. CS5 did this before I started

      the project.

      On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 7:09 PM, R Neil Haugen <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

      frankf92930730
      frankf92930730Author
      New Participant
      March 7, 2017

      Is your source footage SD or HD? Why widescreen? We need to better understand the desired workflow/intentions before making solid recommendations to proceed.

      If source is SD footage, and you just want to go widescreen, then choose a DV Widescreen sequence, not HD.

      Thanks

      Jeff


      Hi Jeff: The sources are both HD and SD in widescreen.  I was using clips from past videos i made, to make a new music video.  But when I exported the final product (without using sequence settings, I just used the first screen that came up "New Project" but it did not give me a choice to choose between 4:3 or 16:9) it came out in 4:3.  Then I redid the exporting by first changing the sequence settings for one clip of SD and it came out in widescreen but the video only covered a small portion of the field.

      In my CS5 Premiere Pro, I could choose widescreen 16:9 before entering the project.  Can't you do this also with Premiere Pro CC 2017?

      Thanks Frank

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