Bethan - Did you ever get an answer to this? Because I'm having the same problem. My mpeg file looks just fine in the Source window, but when I make a subclip it appears small in the Edit window.
Thanks! Mitch --- In [email protected], "Jeff Schell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bethan-- it sounds as if the software that came with your camcorder isn't > capturing the video at its full size. Perhaps its "shrinking it down" when > capturing. Maybe the software you used has settings that allow you to > specify the capture "frame size." (The size of the video.) If you live in > the in the US or Canada or Japan it's 720x480. If you live almost anywhere > else, it's 720x576. > > If you have a DV camera, and a firewire port on your computer (also called > i.Link by Sony, or IEEE-1394 if you're technical) you can transfer video > from your camcorder directly into Premiere at its full size. This is called > "Capturing." The Adobe help manual is a wealth of information. Search for > capturing. You can open the capture window by choosing File > Capture. > > I hope this helps you get started. -jeff > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bethan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:27 PM > Subject: [AP] Can anyone help a budding newbie! > > > Hi, I am very new to Premiere Pro, having previously just used some > software that came with my camcorder to edit my movies (called > imagemixer and to pretty good effect actually for something soooo > basic!). Anyway, I have put some clips together in the timeline and > have then went to export it to see what it looks likes playing on my > tv. Anyway, the frame/ movie size on screen is really small?!. I > have tried various settings but all i seem to do is slightly stretch > or change the shape of the outputted movie/ frames!. Anyone have any > ideas??. I used the software i got with my camcorder to capture the > footage. Could this be the reason why? > > Apologies for sounding like a complete idiot but we all start > somewhere!. > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
