Preimer won't capture 16x9 correctly from DV

29-11-2007, 7:06 PM

I'm having a heck of a problem with my Sharp WD450U with it's 16x9. I have always recorded all my video in 16x9. However when I try to upload them via any capturing programs (movie maker, Premier, etc) things look stretched and crushed a bit. This has to be a simple setting fix but in all the years I've had this camera I've never tried to actually upload them until recently. I've messed with a few settings in premier but everything that seems could help is grayed out for me in capture settings, such as Pixel aspect ratio.

I did take a friends video that he shot at my wedding with his camera that also had a recording in 16x9 feature and when I went to capture that off my camera it didn't have the stretch affect. That's where I really get confused.

Thanks guys... really appreciate the tips here.

redsox_mark · 30-11-2007, 9:07 AM

I don't know that camcorder, but it sounds like it's widescreen mode might not be "real" widescreen. With some camcorders, the widescreen just places a widescreen image within the 4:3 frame (so you lose resolution). If this is the case you need to convert it to true widescreen in software. In Vegas I would use Pan/Crop, right-mouse-button click in the cropping frame and choose "match output aspect". Hopefully someone can tell you how to do that in Premiere.

alpine101 · 30-11-2007, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by redsox_mark

I don't know that camcorder, but it sounds like it's widescreen mode might not be "real" widescreen. With some camcorders, the widescreen just places a widescreen image within the 4:3 frame (so you lose resolution).

Sounds like my old Hi8 Canon, my last tape based device! I got so frustrated with the loss of resolution that I bought an enormous secondhand Kowa anamorphic lens and strapped it onto the front. Weighed a ton and it had to be focussed separately, but at least the resolution was better.

jaymac · 30-11-2007, 6:13 PM

I'd go with Mark probably not true widescreen cos if you open a new project in premeire and choose wide screen you get it if its there .You could ask on their users forum
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/w...5.KrJ6heUK3x9@

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