Editing 8 MM film scanned to .AVI file

I've had a bunch of 8mm film scanned to .AVI format. I want to edit it into a nice movie or two. In the event viewer and project viewer, the clips seem fine, but when I play the clip, it gets cropped -- no matter which of the three aspect ratios I choose. Is there a way to make a custom crop for 8 mm film?
Thanks.

When film is transferred to video there is a choice -- capture the full film frame which because of film judder may cause film's "frame-line" to become visible. Or, zoom in slightly, and eliminate this possibility. This would mean the top and bottom will be cut-off when viewed on a TV because it is assumed you'll watch your videos on a TV which as "over-scan."
It sounds like when you put a clip in a project it is cropping as would a TV. This it would do so you can play video on a computer which does not have "over-scan."
You could try creating a 16:9 project and put each clip into the project as a PIP over black or even colored mattes. Then export at 720p. You could make this interesting by varying the placement of the PIP and even putting title captions around the video.

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I was hoping that FCE would be able to handle the coversion from 18 to 30fps but that appears not to be the case.
It does - If I'm not totally wrong. Can be to much using FinalCut Pro (6)
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Start a new Sequence
DROP A PHOTO in TimeLine - at beginning.
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Select to convert it to match the setting of TimeLine.
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Elements 11 Editing EXIF for film scans

I have started shooting analog (film) photos and importing the results to my IMAC as scanned images.
This populates the EXIF with all the scanner details. I would like to edit the EXIF to show my analog camera and film details instead.
Is there an Elements-compatible tool for this or a stand-alone editor?

Since there is no data to read from films photos, you have to enter manually all the information you may wish to save. With digital you can automatically get
- exposure and camera settings
- date taken
and many more.
If you know important data like film type, exposure and camera settings as well as date taken with scans, you'll have to enter that data manually.
In both cases, you'll enter manually other personal information like places, events and persons.
Once all that information is entered in the catalog, you can save it either to the files themselves (in the metadata section) or to an xmp sidecar file for raw files. With scans (jpegs or tiffs), that data must be saved to the files via the 'write metadata to files' command in the organizer.
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Thank you for your response. When I said I had tried Camtasia, I meant that I had tried to import the files into Camtasia. However, Camtasia, like Premier Elements, will NOT allow me to import these older Matrox AVI files into their editing programs. These older Matrox AVI files will playback fine in a program I downloaded called "GomPlayer",   Today I discovered that GomPlayer allows me to view the properties of the clip, and they are pasted below. Hopefully, with this newer info, it will help me with my capture sistuation.
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General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\User\Desktop\Atlanta 2 endorsements so pd.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 214 MiB
Duration                                 : 1mn 16s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 23.4 Mbps
Writing application                      : Matrox MQSink Filter For MPEG. Format: 4. Build: 2.0.0.269
Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : 4:2:2@Main
Format settings, BVOP                    : No
Format settings, Matrix                  : Custom
Format settings, picture structure       : Frame
Codec ID                                 : MMES
Codec ID/Info                            : I-frame
Codec ID/Hint                            : Matrox
Duration                                 : 1mn 16s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 23.3 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 25.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 2.254
Stream size                              : 214 MiB (100%)

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If VLC is installed in the Program Files folder and not the Program Files (x86) folder, remove the " (x86)" from this line, and save the file.
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AVI is just a container. A bucket or a box that carries things.
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