Black bars around video in premiere 10

When I upload a video, there seems to be black bars around it. How do I fix it?

Qualick
Thanks for the reply.
When you open a project, you or the project needs to set a project preset to match the properties of your source file that you are going to import into the project.
You need a match between the project preset and the properties of the source so that the project is directed to set up the
correct space for editing in the Edit area monitor. Unless you can settle for black borders, you need
to make a match between project settings and source media properties.
There is no 1280 x 600 pixels project preset in Premiere Elements - video is typically 4:3 or 16:9. 1280 x 600 is neither.
Some possibilities...
a. You could record your images to 1280 x 720 16:9
b. You could import your 1280 x 600 video into a 1280 x 720 project with 1280 x 720 Edit area monitor space and then scale (zoom in) the image until
it fills the Edit area Space without black borders.
Can you alter your recording settings so the your recording is either 4:3 or 16:9 video?
When you get to exporting your Timeline content, you have more flexibility in the export settings.
Please let me know what the requirements are for your export of your Timeline with this 1280 x 600 video.
Thanks.
ATR

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Rookie here, I have created a FCut video using video shot on my Canon Gl-2, and exported it to put it on youtube.
I simply use the Export Media window and choose default setting to go to quicktime.
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From this question I am trying to find out what the properties are for your video - video compression, audio compression, frame size, interlaced or progressive, file extension, pixel aspect ratio. I was hoping that you could tell me the brand/model/settings of the camera recording the video so that I could find the information myself.
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the properties of the video that you are importing? If you do not know, then tell us what you see under
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Do you see these black borders after you go to Publish+Share/ and export the Timeline video?
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a. When you are in the Edit Area of the program and you press the Enter key of the computer main keyboard or the Render
button above the Timeline.
or
b. After you have exported your Timeline using Publish+Share/ and one of the export paths.
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