Premier CS4 720p or not?

[pcproff]

So first things first I read David's sticky on Panasonic's work flow in Premier CS4 before I get angry responses I shot various 720p/30 content today. I edited it did my thing in Premier and then when exporting through Adobe Media Encoder I only get the option for 940x720 on FLV,F4V and BluRay (gives me an even bigger resolution). Every other media type is 720x480. Can anyone explain to me why? Thanks all!

 

[NoahK]

What do you want to export for? DVD, web etc?

Noah

 

[David Jimerson]

For most formats, if you don't see a preset you want, you can customize the frame size.

I would point out, though, that 1280x720 with square (1.0) pixels is the same as 960x720 with "HD" (1.333) pixels -- and if you're exporting for computer viewing, it's probably the better way to go.

 

[pcproff]

Hi Noah,

I'm a web guy so it would be mostly for the web. But I usually like to watch it back on my computer.

David,

So your saying that I can export to quick time and make the parameters 960x720 manually? I tried that with uncompressed .AVi and did not receive an image just sound.

Any ideas why?

 

[David Jimerson]

You shouldn't do it that way. There's no reason to go with 960x720; use 1280x720 with square pixels.

 

[pcproff]

1. Sorry excuse my ignorance but how do I get square pixels?

2. Premier is seeing my source as 960x720 and wants to output it to 1280x720. Is that ok?

 

[David Jimerson]

1) Pixel Aspect Ratio, or Aspect, is in the Basic Settings box on the Video tab (in Media Encoder).

2) Yes! It's what I've been saying to do all along here.

Is there a particular reason you want this to be Quicktime?

 

[pcproff]

I am developing a site that is going to be using Flash steaming media and H.264 is my clients compression choice.

 

[David Jimerson]

OK -- but you don't get to that under Quicktime; you get to it under H.264.

 

[pcproff]

I refer to quicktime because quicktime pro plays these h.264 as well as Adobe Media Player.

 

[David Jimerson]

I get it -- but if you're asking questions about compression settings, you have to be specific about what you're doing. Different formats have different types of settings.

 

[pcproff]

Understood. Weird thing is when I export clip from Premier in 1 Pixel Aspect Ration I get 4:3 and not 16:9. Another thing to figure out now... Feel like I'm back at school.

 

[David Jimerson]

You'll get 4:3 if you export as 960x720 and 1.000 pixel, yes. But you'll get 16:9 if you export as 1280x720 with 1.000.

 

[pcproff]

Thanks for all your help throughout the past couple of days.