Image Matte + Widescreen = Problems! at DVinfo.net

Richard Wakefield · February 26th, 2007, 04:31 AM

In PremierePro 1 AND 2, I am having a problem where I bring in an image matte into widescreen footage, but the frame/picture is always smaller than the movie (width-wise). a tad annoying!! it's as if the image matte is 4:3 ratio.

Is it a bug in the program? Am I doing something wrong?

I've tried making matte pictures of various sizes and ratios in PPro and Photoshop and I always get the same thing!

Anyone with the same problem, or advice to help me out??

cheers

Ben Winter · February 26th, 2007, 10:10 AM

You're probably using a template in Photoshop with a preset that uses a 1.33 (or 1.78?) pixel aspect. In Premiere, right-click on the image matte you're using and select "Interpret Footage..." then change the ratio to 16:9.

In the future, if you want to completely avoid this, use a 1920x1080 canvas with square pixels for HDV, or 854x480 for DV. Since the default interpretation is square pixels, it will default to the correct aspect.

Richard Wakefield · February 26th, 2007, 10:24 AM

hi ben

cheers for your reply...I know about 'intepreting' footage+pics in PP and PS but u can't seem to do that in the image matte process....

but cheers for the pixel dimensions...i suppose all i can do is keep trying, but all it ever seems to do with any image of any size/ratio is shrink it back down to 4:3 aspect

if anyone can possibly try it out to see if it's just me going mad, i'll be very grateful!

February 26th, 2007, 04:31 AM	#1
Richard Wakefield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 680	Image Matte + Widescreen = Problems! In PremierePro 1 AND 2, I am having a problem where I bring in an image matte into widescreen footage, but the frame/picture is always smaller than the movie (width-wise). a tad annoying!! it's as if the image matte is 4:3 ratio. Is it a bug in the program? Am I doing something wrong? I've tried making matte pictures of various sizes and ratios in PPro and Photoshop and I always get the same thing! Anyone with the same problem, or advice to help me out?? cheers

February 26th, 2007, 10:10 AM	#2
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	You're probably using a template in Photoshop with a preset that uses a 1.33 (or 1.78?) pixel aspect. In Premiere, right-click on the image matte you're using and select "Interpret Footage..." then change the ratio to 16:9. In the future, if you want to completely avoid this, use a 1920x1080 canvas with square pixels for HDV, or 854x480 for DV. Since the default interpretation is square pixels, it will default to the correct aspect. __________________ BenWinter.com

February 26th, 2007, 10:24 AM	#3
Richard Wakefield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 680	hi ben cheers for your reply...I know about 'intepreting' footage+pics in PP and PS but u can't seem to do that in the image matte process.... but cheers for the pixel dimensions...i suppose all i can do is keep trying, but all it ever seems to do with any image of any size/ratio is shrink it back down to 4:3 aspect if anyone can possibly try it out to see if it's just me going mad, i'll be very grateful!