Hi,
I'm using Premier elements 2022 for the first time and I'm working on my third project. Most of the pictures and videos are from my iPhone 13pro, with some of each coming from another person's device. I bring all the media into Elements and make my edits, including re-sizing. My exported project will be watched from youtube, computers and phones.
I have a couple of questions. When I create a new project I get to choose the format and I've used 1920 by 1080, but I'm not sure if there is a better option for me. When I export I've used devices mobile with HD and they play good everywhere.
My major issue is the black lines on the project. This is not a real problem with video as I normally do landscape and that fits good. The problem is with the pictures as they are all different sizes, although when I crop I stick to the original photo ratio. Because I have a mix of portrait and landscape will I always have the black lines? I read another post and someone mentioned that they edit all to the same size, I'm not sure how that works with landscape and portrait. I've also tried to re-size in the project but that leaves me with less then good pic.
So 2 questions:
1) what is the best project format to use?
2) how do I process the pictures to get get rid of all the black side lines.
Thank you