Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 74)

69 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Importing and adding media
Last updated 8/12/2010
View a project’s aspect ratio
The preset you choose when you start a project sets the pixel aspect ratio for the project. You can’t change the aspect
ratio after it is initially set.
❖ Choose Edit > Project Settings > General.
More Help topics
“ Start a new project ” on page 21
“ About project settings and presets ” on page 34
Adjust pixel aspect ratio for a still image or source clip
By ensuring that all files are interpreted correctly, you can combine footage with different ratios in the same project
and generate output that doesn’t distort the source images.
Important: When you set the pixel aspect ratio of a file, use its original ratio, not the ratio of the project and final output.
1 In the Tasks panel, click Organize, and then click Project.
2 Select the still image or source clip.
3 Choose File > Interpret Footage.
4 In the Pixel Aspect Ratio section, either select Use Pixel Aspect Ratio From File to use the original ratio saved with
the file, or choose one of the following from the Conform To menu:
Square Pixels Uses a 1.0 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 640 x 480 or 648 x 486 frame size,
or if the file was exported from an application that supports only square pixels.
D1/DV NTSC Uses a 0.9 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 480 or 720 x 486 frame size
and you want it to maintain a 4:3 frame aspect ratio. This setting can also be appropriate for clips that were exported
from an application that works with nonsquare pixels, such as a 3D animation application.
Note: For more information about D1, see the Glossary in Adobe Premiere Elements Help.
D1/DV NTSC Widescreen Uses a 1.2 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 480 or 720 x 486
frame size and you want it to maintain a 16:9 frame aspect ratio.
D1/DV PAL Uses a 1.0666 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 576 frame size and you want
it to maintain a 4:3 frame aspect ratio.
D1/DV PAL Widescreen Uses a 1.4222 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 576 frame size
and you want it to maintain a 16:9 frame aspect ratio.
Anamorphic 2:1 Uses a 2.0 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip was anamorphically transferred from
a film frame with a 2:1 aspect ratio.
HD Anamorphic 1080 Uses a 1.333 pixel aspect ratio.