blue Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I really hope someone will give me an answer because I've tried every search I can think of and haven't had any luck. I bought the anamorphic guide from this website and while it was a wealth of info I'm still without a clue how the hell to make my 3.55:1 footage 2.40:1. I'm using premiere pro cs6, shooting with an isco optic 2x anamorphic adaptor and a gh2. I've read that it's possible to take the super widescreen image this combo produces and crop off the sides to make it a normal widescreen. How!? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicFanBoy Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 You need to zoom in (resize) the frame until you get to an approx 1920X817 (go for 816 as it's safer to stay at even numbers). Don't change A/R (from 2X) as your footage needs to be aspect ratio correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonesx24 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Set up a new sequence at 1920x816 or 1920x1080 and place your footage. Go to your Motion settings and change vertical height to 50%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Ok thanks guys. I have it in a 1920x1080 sequence and I stretched it 200%. Is there a way to crop the sides and still keep the 1080 vertical res? When I crop it to 816 it also takes the horizontal down I'd like to keep it at whatever the horizontal res when stretched 200% and also 1080, is this possible? Has anyone one here done this on Premiere pro lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Upscale it then. Use 1920*2 as width and 1080 as height when you create a new sequence and set width to 200%. If you want a not that wide aspect, then set the sequence to 2538*1080 (2.35:1 aspect) and scale width to 200% (this should be always 200 due to 2x anamorph). This way the extreme edges of the frame will be cropped (out of the frame). Edit: I prefer using 1920*1080 letterboxed anamorphic because my anamorphic can't resolve that much so I don't want to blow it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I use sequence settings 1920x1080 25p with anamorphic 2x aspect ratio. Then when you import your footage, right click, interpret and choose 2x anamorphic aspect. Simple as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 One thing to consider is that if you use 1920x1080 sequence and interpret footage as 2x aspect then you will not be able to use things like warp stabilizer because the footage does not match the sequence settings. Other than that it is a good way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlfors Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 My personal workflow in premiere: 1) Set up a custom premiere project at the aspect ratio I want. 2880x1080 for 1.5x anamorphic, or if I want 2.40:1 / 2.35:1, I use 2592x1080 / 2538x1080. 2) Then I drop in the footage to the timeline, select it and go to Transform and do the proper width scaling (uncheck the box with uniform scaling) for the anamorphic. 150% for Iscorama, something around 1.7x (170%) to 2x (200%) for the Isco projection lens. 3) Now you will have the center crop of your footage, with the left and right edges going outside. You could do the same while working at lower resolutions, but I prefer to work at 1080p height if I want to output some high-res version later on. If I want to output it for vimeo or youtube, I usually let adobe media encoder do the job of downsampling it. Mondo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 One thing to consider is that if you use 1920x1080 sequence and interpret footage as 2x aspect then you will not be able to use things like warp stabilizer because the footage does not match the sequence settings. Other than that it is a good way to do it. Yes this is true! Thanks for pointing that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Thanks guys, though my main problem now is that when I export and try to crop it to 1920x816 it takes the horizontal down to 1440. For that matter, the software doesn't allow me to set up a sequence with custom aspect ratio to say, 2592x1080 without automatically bringing vertical res down to like 516. Very frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 You can set up any resolution you want, you have to unlock the height and width and they can be set independently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Ok. When setting up sequence I go to custom and when I type my desired resolution and press enter it changes the corresponding res automatically. example: I type in 2592 for horizontal and it automatically takes the vertical down to something other than 1080. What am I doing wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Çapulcu Mullot Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 One thing to consider is that if you use 1920x1080 sequence and interpret footage as 2x aspect then you will not be able to use things like warp stabilizer because the footage does not match the sequence settings. Other than that it is a good way to do it. Hi, I'm new to anamorphic (and video shooting in general). I made some research but couldn't find a way to stabilize anamorphic footages. Premiere Warp not working, Loack&Load working but the result is unusable. Is stabilization a downside of anamorphic shooting? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Warp works for me this way (letterbox 1080p anamorphic): Create 1920x1080 sequence Add 1920x1080 anamorphic footage Add Warp stabilizer Desqueeze (reduce height) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quit Something Now Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 HiI'm a little confused by all this..I have shot 16:9 footage on my BMPCC using my x2 Kinoscope adapter.I have imported it into a standard 1920x1080 sequence..Then reduced the vertical height by 50% but it doesn't look right..I have tried 75% and it looks better.. Or maybe my eyes are going funny..What do u think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Anway Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 I don't totally follow your workflow, but the first one looks 100% correct. Moreover, in premiere it's easy to check, there are percentages beside your pixel number, and if you are finalizing in a 1080p frame (and why would you final in anything bigger when nearly no one's monitors can display that added detail?) your aspect ratio really doesn't matter, there is no standard for web. So if the percent value of your height is half of the percent value of your width then your desqueeze is right. Pixels are sort of beside the point, since you are really after the ratio. That's it.I usually do something close as needed (a little zoom and reframe here and there is all good) and then use a cine scope overlay to cover my creative dalliances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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