2.8K anamorphic madness

[rpearl1]

HI,

I'm assisting on a feature that was shot 2.8K anamorphic. We inherited a project in Premier that is using merged clips.  The editor is running into strange issues with displaying these clips in a 1920x1080 timeline.  They will look normal in the browser but appear squished in the timeline.  He has added a motion effect to fix it but it renders all the time and isn't really a good solution.   This issue is only in his project. The one I am working with seems to behave differently. 

In addition, some of the merged clips converted from 2880x1080 from 2880x2061 when they were merged.  Strange. 

I removed the motion effect on the merged clip (they added this rather than desqueezing or interpreting the footage) and reinterpreted it. 

Now I’m at the point where when I open the merged clip in the source browser, it appears as a sliver of the clip (2880×1080 to be exact). The original proxy footage was transcoded to 2880×2160 and when I reimport it it stays that Aspect ratio. However, when I look at the merged clip in the browser, the video infomation says 2880×1080, which I presume is why it’s a sliver in the source browswer. Once the clip is cut into a sequence, it appears as 2880×2160.

Is there a way I can adjust the aspect ratio of the merged clip? Why is the editor having such a hard time?

thanks,

Rachel

[Andy 1968]

If you right click on the clip in the bin you should see the opton "interpret footage". You can select several clips at once with the mouse and shift/control key.