imported AVI file is only filling half the screen

[coolstuffiniowa]

ok - new problem -

I have 2 avi files and the quality is fine on both - BUT the image is only about 1/2 the size on the one AVI file

when I zoom in on it using the scale tool - then it looks blurry

what have I done wrong?

did I initially save the wrong setting when I captured this?

or perhaps save the wrong settings when I exported?

[Peru]

Where did the avi files come from?
Was one from a digital still camera that takes video, too?

[coolstuffiniowa]

no - that is weird too - cause all the footage is from the same source - Canon HV20

[Bob]

Go to the media panel and right click on the clips and select properties. What does it say about the size? Anything else different?

How did you create the clips, did you export one? If so, how did you export it?

[Chuck Engels]

I have had Premiere Elements interpret the footage incorrectly at times from the HV20.
Thinks it isn't widescreen for some reason. I go into Interpret footage and switch it to widescreen and then it is fine.

[coolstuffiniowa]

where do you go to the Interpret Footage screen?

[coolstuffiniowa]

just found it on page 56 of Steve Grisetti's book - Guide to Adobe Premiere Elements 7

[coolstuffiniowa]

but it still is small.........seems as though nothing has changed.........
this is so frustrating - problem after problem

[coolstuffiniowa]

yes - these files were all exported - and they are all exported the same way - so why would MOST of the clips be ok - and now I have 2 of these clips that are half the size they should be on screen........

the other clip is squished - I will try the interpret footage on that one..........

[coolstuffiniowa]

when I right click and go to interpret footage it says

Pixel Aspect Ratio:

Use Pixel Aspect Ratio From File:D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9

[coolstuffiniowa]

ok - obviously SOMETHING else is going on.......cause I just exported another AVI and it did the same exact thing - a huge black fill area around what is SUPPOSED to be filling the screen...........

what am I doing wrong NOW?

help

[coolstuffiniowa]

so I have this segment that was saved as an avi file a while back - it is the same exact one as the one I JUST exported.............the one I did a few weeks ago is fine - fills the entire screen - the one I just exported tonight is tiny

what is up?

where do I look to find out the problem here?

[coolstuffiniowa]

I see that the one I saved a few weeks ago is an mpeg - the one I exported today that is screwed up is an AVI

[Chuck Engels]

What steps did you use to export? What preset did you use if any? What is your project setting?
Considering the first one was mpeg and this one is AVI it makes things a little difficult to figure out.
If you just select File/Export/Movie from the main menu and don't touch any settings it should be the size of your project.

[coolstuffiniowa]

I was told to change the setting to:


Microsoft DVI for the File Type

Pixel Aspect Ratio is changed to:
D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9 (1.2)

and the Field is changed to Lower Field First