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nif92072195
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October 9, 2018
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When put HD footage on a sequence with non-usual aspect ratio, footage got blurry

  • October 9, 2018
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I have to make a video with the aspect ratio of 912 by 320px. So I created a 912 by 320px timeline (59.94fps) and drop my footage (1920 by 1080; 59.94fps) on the timeline. But my footage got really blurry. Render it out doesn't help. Cold someone help me with it?

Below is the 912 by 320 timeline.

and below is how the same footage looks like when it's on a HD timeline.

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    Sumeet Kumar ChoubeyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 10, 2018

    Hi nif92072195,

    The issue that you are getting might occur if the frame has been downscaled fairly, like in your case you are going down from 1920 x 1080 to 912 x 320. In these cases, you may expect a quality loss as compared to the original frame (1920 x 1080) as you won't have enough pixels in the 912 x 320 frame to render the same amount of detail which were there in the original high-resolution frame.

    Also, a non-uniform scale change (changing the height and width individually)  can cause stretching which can further degrade the level of detail displayed while downscaling. Unfortunately, you can't do much to retain the same level of detail as in the high-resolution frame but you can surely minimize the loss of detail by limiting the extent of downscaling being done and avoiding non-uniform scale change ( as it helps in preventing stretching of the frame and helps in scaling proportionally ).

    Hope you find it useful, please let us know if you have any questions.

    Regards,

    Sumeet Kumar Choubey

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    Meg The Dog
    Inspiring
    October 9, 2018

    Go to Preferences > Media and if it is not set already, make sure Default Media Scaling it set to Set to Frame Size:

    Now, re-edit the source material to the 912x320 timeline and reframe as needed.

    Any improvement?

    MtD

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    SAFEHARBOR11
    Participating Frequently
    October 9, 2018

    Any time you reduce an HD video to SD video quality (or worse), you will perceive the image as soft or blurry due to the extreme loss of resolution and detail. That is normal. Not saying there may not be other factors at play, but that is #1 issue.

    Make sure Program window in Premiere is set to FULL and not 1/2 or 1/4 which would further diminish apparent quality.

    Thanks

    Jeff

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    rodneyb56060189
    Legend
    October 9, 2018

    that's a tricky thing.

    IMO, you should always in normal situation, start new project with settings that match your source footage.

    Then when you export make your adjustments re: size dimensions, frame rate, and so on. You can see ( by clicking between source and export monitor thing) what happens with black bars etc before you export.

    If you HAVE to force something into a specific space ( different aspect ratios and dimensions ) THEN it is often best to do what YOU did and scale it down using 'scale' thing, and you see the black bars in your monitor before the export.

    When down scaling you should not see bad quality. Upscale usually is horrible ( interpolation stuff ).

    good luck !

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