Adobe Premiere Pro CS5: How To Letterbox Your Footage

[Joe227Anime]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to figure this out for my Adobe and you make it so simple. Thanks! :)

[T3hXBLAshow]

danke!



[hotgypsylips]

you can use the crop effect

[xsjad0man]

Could you do one of these for a Vignette please.

[xsjad0man]

Its kind people like you that help people like me out alot. A+ my man.

[beatflylab]

Thank You so much!

[TaoStudiosMovies]

I edit in full 1080 and then export in the official ratio of the film, which is easy in the Export options; select h.264 1920x1080p, then crop the source at exactly 105 pixels above and below, then choose the full widescreen ratio option under the h.264 options and select scale to fit on top of the export window. You end up with full 1920 x about 900 pixels, which looks amazing tested on large 1080 screens and should kill in theaters.

[ermitikos]

hahaha, squishing the footage! how could you?

[theonlyartist1992]

Awesome.... thanks for the vid

[anglomangler]

thanks very much! works great!

[ShawnGameTV]

Is there a way that I can make the letterbox slide in from the bottom and top in one part of a clip and then slide back out after a certain period of time???

[ickyzorro]

@ShawnGameTV With adobe premiere, crop from the top and bottom until they match with the letterbox provided, then remove the letterbox. Then, you just set keyframes for the crop from 0% to whatever matched with the letterbox. Then bam, moving letterbox cutscene style.

[supafrost]

Thanks man!! I've been looking this kind of video for a while now. You rock!!!!!

[MrAmitaph]

thanks a lot. i've been searching for ths kind of video..it works

[MrAmitaph]

thanks a lot

[lufah234]

When you are shooting, what do you find is the best way to compensate for the letterbox you add in post, do you put like paper over your lcd or something? Thanks for the great video.

[thelamarbros]

@lufah234 i was just about to ask the same question.. been looking all over for an answer.. HAHA

[dicksonaaron]

its a easier way of doing this...imma do a video

[UnderlinedDesigns]

Thanks So Much!!!

[CAMECProductions]

you should use your programs the other way around because premiere pro cs5.5 has mercury playback engine so if you are doing effects it would be much easier to collaborate with other programs unless you have a personal reason why you use final cut for long projects

[V3Parkour]

Thank you very much :)

[Raph333]

Awesome dude thank you so much!

[MatsKaarbo]

What if you don't want to crop your image? How could you still apply the letterbox?

[haloman1171]

OMG THANK YOU!!! I've always wanted to know the proper way to have the letterbox frame on videos :)

You seriously made my day, thank you! :D

[JoshuaBeeLoved]

@haloman1171 Haha, no problem bro! : )

[mishokorlov]

Good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[MrNuun]

It seems much easier then my way xD I just used After Effects CS5. I opened a new composition in like 1920x816 or different and dropped the footage in there without scaling it down. That way I get the same result when going full screen or on YouTube without actually adding the black bars in post. But I guess this is handier :p

[digitally2007]

thank you so much.. appreciate the effort...

[thost2]

This is fantastic! Thanks mate!

[JoshuaBeeLoved]

@thost2 No Problem Man : )

[tvatemybrain08]

damn should've watched this a week ago! i cropped my film and it looked crappy :)) thank you so much, this will be a really big help for me :D

[Leckow]

Download link is fantastic. I was looking for sumtin like that for a long time. Thank you very much!!

[klbasey]

Thanks alot, man. This was exactly what I was searching for.

[0hmish]

The problem with this is that the edges of the image are visible, a little bit. When viewing something very bright, I see thin lines

[JoshuaBeeLoved]

@0hmish Hey it's Josh from FilmDogPro. I'm to lazy to sign into my other account to reply. Lol, I haven't noticed much of a problem with it, after rendering. Sometimes you will get that though because I have seen it happen before. Sometimes your able to just re-frame the image and it will work to fix it.

[0Kimchi0]

Wait. hahaa. I was able to download it but When I dragged it over all my footage, it didn't work. :/ Whats up with that?

[FilmDogPro]

@0Kimchi0 Well it depends, if you had that video track visible. Try it again.... depending on the size of your footage, and size of your screen you may have to use a bigger template. Try it out again and let me know!

[0Kimchi0]

thanks!!! :D

[cashimirs]

yeah its works thanks

[TechGirlProductions]

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[TechGirlProductions]

@FilmDogPro That's one of the first thing I did after watching one of your videos :)

[JoshuaBeeLoved]

@TechGirlProductions Your too cool Tech Girl! : )

[TechGirlProductions]

@JoshuaBeeLoved Thanks :)

[cashimirs]

your link dont work what up with that nice video tho

[FilmDogPro]

@cashimirs Sorry if the link did not work... I do not know why it wouldn't work for you! Try again! I re-linked it. You may have to wait a few seconds.