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Bill Hamell · January 20th, 2006, 04:57 PM

I have been seeing commercials where it has been shot in 16:9 and broadcast in 4:3 letterbox, in the black areas there is text.

I would like to do this in Premiere; do I import the 16:9 clips into a 4:3 project?
Or is there a better way?

Thank you.
Bill

Wade Spencer · January 20th, 2006, 05:15 PM

I don't know if I'm doing it right, but I shoot and edit in widescreen, then export my finished movie as a 1.2 widescreen file. I import that exported file into a 4:3 project, and scale it down until it fits.

There has to be an easier way to do it, but this isn't that bad.

Good luck.

Don Blish · January 20th, 2006, 08:07 PM

Why not lay down black video as the bottom layer, then use Motion/Scale to shrink your footage in the layer above. You are then free to add titles or photoshop layers to get the text in the black areas. Laying black underneath is the way to scale stills that might not cover the entire frame.

Miguel Lombana · January 21st, 2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Hamell

I have been seeing commercials where it has been shot in 16:9 and broadcast in 4:3 letterbox, in the black areas there is text.

I would like to do this in Premiere; do I import the 16:9 clips into a 4:3 project?
Or is there a better way?

Thank you.
Bill

If you're going to edit 16:9 for a final product in 4:3, then yes, export the final footage in 16:9 back into a 4:3 project and then re-export it as a final file, you'll have LB bars added by Premier.

I do something when I export for DVD for my customers where I edit and export the project in 16:9 then when I do the MPG conversion in TMPGenc, then I start a Sony DVD Archietect project and set the 16:9 bit on the DVD so that it forces the LB bit on the customers player and they see 4:3 with LB or full 16:9, works flawlessly as long as they know to setup their DVD player correctly.

ML

Bill Hamell · January 21st, 2006, 04:30 PM

Thank you for the help!

Bill

January 20th, 2006, 04:57 PM	#1
Bill Hamell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mystic Ct. Posts: 477	16:9 for 4:3 TV Broadcast. I have been seeing commercials where it has been shot in 16:9 and broadcast in 4:3 letterbox, in the black areas there is text. I would like to do this in Premiere; do I import the 16:9 clips into a 4:3 project? Or is there a better way? Thank you. Bill __________________ Cinematographers Bring Shadow To Light

January 20th, 2006, 08:07 PM	#3
Don Blish Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Portland OR Posts: 227	Shrinking footage and showing black borders Why not lay down black video as the bottom layer, then use Motion/Scale to shrink your footage in the layer above. You are then free to add titles or photoshop layers to get the text in the black areas. Laying black underneath is the way to scale stills that might not cover the entire frame.

January 21st, 2006, 04:30 PM	#5
Bill Hamell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mystic Ct. Posts: 477	Thank you for the help! Bill __________________ Cinematographers Bring Shadow To Light

January 20th, 2006, 05:15 PM	#2
Wade Spencer Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wellsboro, Pa Posts: 285	I don't know if I'm doing it right, but I shoot and edit in widescreen, then export my finished movie as a 1.2 widescreen file. I import that exported file into a 4:3 project, and scale it down until it fits. There has to be an easier way to do it, but this isn't that bad. Good luck.