You could just letter box. CS3 does that doesn't it? Forgot to mention that. I shoot 16x9 and letter box the output as a 320x240 h.264 .mov, bitrate of 1000, blur filter of 1.
Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Renat Zarbailov wrote: > Yeah that is the disadvantage of shooting in 16X9 and outputting to > youtube. > Ideally it would be best to shoot in 4X3 and not change the aspect > ratio but if you you want to preserve the videos for future shoot > in 16X9. > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm confused about changing the aspect ratio for output. Won't the > > image end up smooshed? > > > > Chris > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Renat Zarbailov" <innomind@> > > wrote: > > > > > > After 2 years of constant search for the ideal compression > scheme, I > > > have finally come to a solution. If you're using Adobe Premiere > CS3 > > > and you edit your footage in 16X9 standard definition, simply > do the > > > following. > > > > > > 1. Sharpen the video to the point you see some dotty artifacts > > > appearing in the video (looks like a jpeg still image when highly > > > compressed) > > > > > > 2. Right out of timeline, without even hitting enter to render SD > > > edited material, go to export, adobe media encoder. Once there > under > > > format choose "Windows Media", and under preset "NTSC Source to > > > Download 1024kbps", however, that is not all, we will edit this > preset > > > and then save it as a Youtube one for future sweet encoding :) > > > So now, in the video tab... > > > > > > BASIC VIDEO SETTINGS make sure you have the following; > > > Allow interlaced processing - unchecked > > > Encoding passes - Two > > > Bitrate mode - Constant > > > Frame W/H 640X480 > > > Frame rate 29.97 but depending on your footage (some people > shoot in > > > 24 frames) > > > Pixel aspect ration (important) - D1 DV NTSC (0.9) this is 4X3 > > > although the original footage is 16X9 > > > > > > BITRATE SETTINGS > > > Maximum bitrate - 3,739.63 (yes under 4mbps) > > > Image quality - 100 > > > > > > ADVANCED SETTINGS > > > Decoder complexity - Main > > > Keyframe interval - 5 > > > Buffer size - Default > > > > > > Now go to "Audio" tab > > > > > > change Audio format to 192kbps 44 stereo VBR > > > > > > 3. Hit OK on the bottom (you will see that the estimated file > size is > > > beyond 100mb allowed by youtube but don't worry, if you go the > > > approach described below all will be fine). Save to file to you > har > > drive. > > > > > > 4. Log in to youtube and at the upload page, on the right hand > side > > > you will see a new "Multi video uploaded" button to upload files > > > larger than 100MB or upload many files at once! > > > > > > That's it! :) > > > > > > If you have achieved better quality using Premiere CS3 I sure > would > > > like to hear about it. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Renat of Innomind.org and Mr.Thyself.com > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
