Letterbox view in Adobe Premiere

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Dann3
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Letterbox view in Adobe Premiere

Post by Dann3 » Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:08 pm

Hey i was wondering what i have to do to get a letterbox dimensions for my videos, i'm using Adobe Premiere Pro 7

Also, is there a way to make it letter box and NOT have the vdieo resized? (to get rid of subtitles) and is there a way TO resize it?


THanks in advance hopefully :D

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Post by Jon McKee » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:01 pm

letter box style? what exactly do you mean? :?

And i'm not sure what your going for, but cropping is the best method to remove subtitles, unless you want to edit every frame of the video and color in the holes.

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Post by Jon McKee » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:10 pm


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Post by Dann3 » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:15 pm

a letter box movie INSTEAD of like this:

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it looks, LIKE THIS:

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| a rectangle |
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(like a letter) ^_^

grr, that didnt come out right...

its a rectangle shape instead of a square

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Post by Scintilla » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:58 pm

Um, almost all videos are rectangular and not square. 4:3 is rectangular, 16:9 is rectangular (though more so than 4:3), and 2.35:1 is rectangular (even more than the others). I think the word you're looking for is "widescreen".

You can set the resolution in the project settings, though I don't know if Premiere Pro will let you change it once the project's been created. For most anamorphic sources (or, if you're not so lucky, letterboxed sources that you've cropped and resized), you'll want to use a resolution of either 960x480 or 720x360, depending on what you resized your source clips to.
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Re: Letterbox view in Adobe Premiere

Post by madbunny » Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:30 pm

Dann3 wrote:Hey i was wondering what i have to do to get a letterbox dimensions for my videos, i'm using Adobe Premiere Pro 7

Also, is there a way to make it letter box and NOT have the vdieo resized? (to get rid of subtitles) and is there a way TO resize it?


THanks in advance hopefully :D
This may be redundant but you DID read the part of the guides that deals with anamorphic sources right?
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