Stop imported images from being scaled down

Question

This is a quote from the Adobe Premiere Elements 7 web page Guidelines For Adding Files
Guidelines for adding still image files
By default, Adobe Premiere Elements scales still images to fit the project frame size. You can override this behavior and instead add your files at the size at which they were created.
My question is how do you override the down scaling my image of 4000x3000 is getting scaled to 1280x??? so when I zoom it is pixelated.
Thanks all.

Answer 1

Also, how do you intend to export this 4000 x 3000 pixel still? If you go Share/Personal Computer/Windows Media, even with the choice preset = 1440 x 1080 HD anamorphic, the max that you can type in for frame size = 2000 x 2000 pixels.
In the OP's case, the Export will be to the chosen Frame Size. Let's just say that it's 1440 x 1080. That is all that will show. However, PrE will be displaying that Frame Size from the larger still, and as it moves about, within that Frame Size, the image will change to reflect the current view of that still image. It's like having a 1440 x 1080 window. Behind that "window," the scene is moved about, as is needed. The view will always be through that window, but with something like the Effect>Motion>Position, will be dynamically altered, frame by frame. Without Scale to Fit, only the 1440 x 1080 "view" will be seen, and never the 4000 x X full view. It's about the same as a PiP, that is created by Effect>Crop. The full image of the Video Clip on Track 2 is never seen, as we have created a "window," reflected by the Crop. That is all that the NLE "sees," and Exports.
Still, the resources useage will be predicated on the size of the source material, even though we only see that 1440 x 1080 "view" of it. The program has to "crunch" the "big picture."
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