Changing Pixel Aspect in a Photoshop Menu used in Encore

Using CS3 Suite/Windows. Took a frame from video to use as menu. Photoshop changed the pixel aspect to 1.O. Can't get Encore to change it back. The "Interpret Footage" selection is grayed out. Thanks in advance.

I took a frame out of some motion graphics in the video to use as background for my menu...added a layer for the button. Photoshop evidently changes the pixel aspect to square...you have to change it back in Photoshop...
Back with CS2 versions, that did work perfectly and the PAR was retained from PrPro to PS to En. It seems that as of CS4 (do not recall hearing of it in CS3, but Stanley can address that), things changed and the PAR from the still Export became Square Pixels. Also, Adobe changed the rounding of the PAR's for rectangular pixels just a bit. What versions are you using?
Good luck,
Hunt

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Stan,
That information may very well help me. I don't believe I ever used a layer other than the one called "background". But thats good to know.
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