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I am using Premier Pro and Photoshop CS5 in Creative Studio CS5. I have read and understand several help articles on square and rectangular pixels used for various video aspect ratios. I am using the camera button on the bottom right of the Program monitor to captue a frame and save as a jpg file. When I open the jpg file in Photoshop to edit for a DVD disc cover using the Elliptical Marquee Tool with a fixed ratio of 1 to 1, the result is not the circular image I need but wider. This must be an aspect ratio conversion that I am missing. I have seen conversions that correct this by lengthening the height but the image is also lengthened and thus results in a distiortion.
How do I correctly deal with this aspect ration conversion between Premier Pro and Photoshop without distortion?

This is most likely a PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) issue. With SD (Standard Definition) Video, you can have Standard 4:3 w/ PAR = 0.9, Widescreen 16:9 w/ PAR = 1.2, or a non-standard 4:3 w/ PAR = 1.0 (rounded PAR's for NTSC).
In Ps, you have the ability to adjust the PAR, under the Image menu from the Toolbar. For use on a DVD, you would choose a PAR of 0.9 if you have Standard 4:3, or 1.2 for Widescreen 16:9.
With the PAR adjustment, to match your Video footage, you should then be able to get what you want, without the distortion. Also, note that one can change how the PAR displays in Ps. By default, it will be Square Pixels, or PAR = 1.0, and you should get an info message that the display is not showing the exact PAR. This can also be changed in Ps.
For more discussion on PAR, see this article: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3456609#3456609
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Hunt

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