Letterboxing in Premiere

vixencid · Post by **vixencid** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:33 am

Hi there, I have a question for any who can answer. I am trying to get Premiere 6.5 to letterbox (or similar) when I export, but I can't seem to find out how to do it. If anyone can tell me how, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:45 am

You could always export it uncompressed and then use an Avisynth script like this:

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AVISource("c:\myvid.avi")
Addborders(0,x,0,y)

where x and y are the amount of black to add to top and bottom respectively.

If you don't have Avisynth, you can do the same thing in Virtualdub too. I think there's an option to add black bars in the Null Transform filter.

If you absolutely have to do it in Premiere, I guess you could export the project uncompressed, create a new project with a slightly bigger resolution and then import the temporary file. There should be an option somewhere to keep the aspect ratio so that you end up with letterboxed video.

Jebadia · Post by **Jebadia** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:18 am

with avisynth though You might want to crop the footage before adding the black bars, unless the footage is already cropped.

Eek-1 · Post by **Eek-1** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 3:40 pm

If you meant to crop (instead of adding margins), there is an option in Premiere.

Export Movie -> Settings -> Special Processing -> Modify

Jebadia · Post by **Jebadia** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:46 pm

well thats one way, but wouldn't it just add more time to the rendering process?