Premiere compresses my files when I import them

When I try to interpret the footage, it still automatically goes back to 1440. I took a few screenshots to make my problem more clear.

This is the original file (above). Notice how it is 1920x1080 (which is how it is interpreted in Final Cut Pro and any other video player, so I know that is definitely the size of the raw footage)

These are my sequence settings. 1920x1080. I used these settings because I am using four cameras - three of which are 1920x1080. The fourth camera is 640x480. All of the footage is digital, not tape based.

When I pull my footage in (this is the same clip from the first picture), it is no longer 1920x1080. Adobe premiere interprets it as 1440x1080. I don't think the pixel aspect ratio seems to matter. Another thing to note is the clip, once pulled into the 1920x1080 sequence, is the same size as the other 1920x1080 footage. There are no black bars and it doesn't need to be resized, which seems strange. If it was really 1440x1080 it would be a different size than the sequence frame size right?

I hope the pictures help. I am really trying to figure this out! Thank you all for all of your help but so far my issue hasn't been solved

Chances are the clips actually are 1440 x 1080, which are normally stretched out to fill a 1920 x 1080 display.

Select and right click those clips in the bin, choose Modify>Interpret Footage and change the PAR to 1.33.

The HDV setting in the project settings have nothing to do with the project files you are using, they are capture settings.

Post a screendump of a 'problem' clip in MediaInfo in treeview here on the forum.

And a screendump of your sequence settings.

Are you sure that the footage is not in fact 1440x1080? That's the old tape-based HDV format.

If not, to change the way Premiere interprets footage, go to the project window and right-click on one of the clips. Select Modify, then choose Interpret from the menu that appears. You can now tell Premiere what the footage in fact is. After changing (or not), take a look at the clip in the source monitor. If it looks OK, then you made the right selection.

In any case, a 1920x1080 timeline can handle 1440x1080 footage just fine. It usually can handle the different pixel aspect ration. The only effect that would have a problem (as far as I know) is Warp Stabilizer, which needs the sizes to match. If you have this problem, just righ-click on the clip in the timeline, and choose Nest. You now can use Warp Stabilizer on it.

I'm puzzled ...your media seems to be digital camera capture files, but your project is set for a video tape (HDV) format?

Or are one or more of the cameras actually tapes based?

Neil