4 Replies Latest reply: Sep 5, 2013 6:32 AM by Captiv8r

Determining best image overlay size to use

Captiv8r Sep 3, 2013 9:28 AM

Hi folks

So I'm working with Premiere Pro CS6 doing some video editing for a minister friend of mine. During bits of the video, I've been overlaying quotes and whatnot. I'd like to achieve some consistency by always ensuring these appear in the same screen location. So I thought one easy way to accomplish it would be to determine the pixel size of the sequence. And the properties report back that my sequence is 1440 x 1080. I figured I could just create and manipulate images of that exact size and drop them in for exact placement.

The problem is that when I create an image of that size and drop it into PP, the right monitor shows the image with pillarboxed areas of the video on either side of it. The image certainly appears to be spot on with height, but the width is off and I'm not sure why?

So what's the explanation here? It would certainly seem the sequence properties are in conflict with what the right monitor area in PP is presenting.

Thanks... Rick

1. Re: Determining best image overlay size to use

joe bloe premiere Sep 3, 2013 9:34 AM (in response to Captiv8r)

1440x1080 is anamorphic HD (par: 1.333).
You can use "Interpret Footage" to change the par of the images,
but I would be inclined to create 1920x1080 (par: 1.0) images instead.
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Captiv8r Sep 3, 2013 9:42 AM (in response to joe bloe premiere)

Thanks for the reply!

Looks like I've got some research to do in order to understand the differences between "anamorhpic HD" and whatnot. Is that unusual? Should I be configuring something differently for my editing? I just allowed PP to determine the size based on the video that came in.

Thanks again... Off to give that a try!

Cheers... Rick
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joe bloe premiere Sep 3, 2013 5:08 PM (in response to Captiv8r)

You can specify the PAR of titles as you create them:
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Basically, anamorphic HD uses rectangular pixels
in order to squish the 16x9 image into a 4x3 frame.
Premiere 'un-squishes' the pixels back to 16x9.

If your source footage is 1440x1080 (1.333),
you are correct working in a 1440x1080 (1.333) Sequence...
you just need to create matching aspect / par titles.

If you are using another application to create your .png images,
I would be inclined to make them 1920x1080 (1.0).
This will fit your anamorphic Sequence without worrying about PAR.
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Captiv8r Sep 5, 2013 6:32 AM (in response to joe bloe premiere)

Thanks! The 1920x1080 solved it!
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