While editing my photos I get black bars covering parts of my photo

while editing my photos I get black boxes covering parts of my picture. What causes this?

Possibility a video card issue - that version of iPhoto - what computer - what has changed since this worked ok?
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Hi
I got a .wmv. It has the size 720*540. Everything is fine. No black bars
Except ... I need the file as a .mov.
When I encode it in AME and choose Quicktime I get black bars in the right and the left sides of the movie.
In AME I can see that my source and my output sizes are not the same. The output size is only 720*480, but I can't change it to 720*540.
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Thank you for any help you may provide.

As Jim's answer indicates, some codecs enforce specific dimensions. Most relevant here is the fact that codecs intended for television are strictly constrained to the sizes for television standards. You have chosen an NTSC (National Televison Standards Council) codec in the Video Codec menu, which gives a rather strong hint that this is one such constrained codec.

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I've on may occassions edited a VOB file in Premiere Elements 3 and then did File>export>movie> to get a DV AVI file. Usually the results are fine.
This time I'm using a PAL widescreen DVD, so I've adjusted the settings to PAL and widescreen, but for some reason I'm getting a very distorted letterboxed result. However, if I export to MPEG, it comes out perfectly.
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Thanks. I just tried Upper field first, but it didn't fix the problem.
Here are my project settings: Harddisk, widescreen 48kHz
General
Editing mode: DV PAL
Timebase: 25.00 fps
Video Settings
Frame size: 720h 576v (1.422)
Frame rate: 25.00 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV PAL Widescreen 16:9 (1.422)
Fields: Upper Field First
Capture Format
DV Capture
Video Rendering
Here are my export settings:
Microsoft DV AVI
ENtire timeline
Project
DV PAL
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25fps
Use project setting
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I just installed PEL v.7 that I also had, and still getting side black bars! So frustrating. Really appreciate any other suggestions.
Also, just ran the VOB through Gordon Knot program and it says my original aspect ratio is: 1.422
I can convert to MPEG fine, but just need an AVI so I can convert to quicktime. THanks!

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I'm trying to get my import/export settings right--I keep getting black bars and a squished or stretched image when my videos export. Since Elements doesn't read MOD I've been using miro to convert, which doesn't like to export to mp4 all that well to begin with (which furthers my diagnosis problems.) I don't know anything about video image->pixel size (nor can I find anything online that makes sense to me) and canon's website doesn't tell me what my camera is shooting in in those terms, but I've been using the widescreen format--what is that size?? I'm not sure if this problem is because of defaulting project settings on import (Elements not picking up on the proper format and defaulting to something else), an exporting problem (I've tried all the different settings under publish+share>computer>mpeg4 and quicktime>NTSC DVD standard and widescreen, as well as every other export option I can think of), or a conversion problem (why doesn't Elements accept MOD to begin with? Final Cut 7 does no problem!) Everything looks good in the editing process, plays fine etc.
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stockdizzle66
Thanks for the update.
Let us look into the following next, one problem down (the aspect ratio), next the quality of playback of your Timeline as seen in the Edit Mode Monitor.
1. Given that you are working with .mod widescreen 16:9.
a. Open a new Premiere Elements 11 Mac project. Go to File Menu/New/Project and set the project preset yourself in the new project dialog. You want NTSC DV Widescreen. Make sure that you have a check mark next to "Force Selected Project Setting on this Project" before you exit the new project dialog.
b. Once back in the Premiere Elements workspace, go to Add Media/Files and Folders and import your mod.widescreen into Project Assets.
c. Right click the .mod widescreen file in Project Assets, select Interpret Footage, and, in the Interpret Footage dialog, dot the Conform to: and set that to DV/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9 (1.2121).
d. Drag your .mod widescreen to the Timeline from Project Assets. Do you see no colored line over the content, an orange line, or a green line? If an orange line, render the Timeline with the Render button or pressing the Enter Key of the computer main keyboard. Is the .mod widescreen now display the same, worse, or better than before we started all this?
Also, right click the monitor, select Playback Quality, and see if there is any difference in what you are seeing if you use Highest instead of Automatic as the set. Also check to see if Magnification there is "Fit" rather than other.
Is your video card driver up to date according to the web site of the manufacturer of the video card?
Please review the above and let us know the outcome.
Thanks.
ATR
Although conversion .mod widescreen to another format is always a consideration, it has not been found to be necessary in essentially most cases. Classically, if an import problem with this type of file, the renaming of the .mod file extension to .mpg prior to import took care that while Interpret Footage took care of the aspect ratio issue.
I just saw your note about MPEG Streamclip. That works great for Windows for conversion to DV AVI. Never tried it for a .mov export for Mac. But remember there is an option for 4:3 or 16:9 in that dialog (or there should be...I will take a look if you do not find it). So no distortion expected since MPEG Streamclip should be supplying that problematic 16:9 flag.

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I have a HP HDX 9200 series laptop computer with an ATI 2600 HD XT and running latest Windows 7 Beta and I first noticed that my games didn't streched to full screen when they weren't using the native resolution on the LCD screen (1680*1050), so, let's say, when running one of them in 1024*768, I get two huge black bars at the side! Now, this didn't happen with previouses OSes (Vista). Then, I noticed that the same happened if I went to change the Windows resolution to 1024*768, I would get the same bars at the sides while being in Windows!
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HERE'S THE SOLUTION TO THE ATI BLACK BARS PROBLEM
It took months for me to find this on the web, so I thought I would share it here, the first hit for 'ATI Black Bars windows 7' on Google.
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This DOES NOT WORK for DirectX9-based ATI graphics devices on Windows 7. In fact, there is currently NO SOLUTION to this problem if you are using a DX9-based ATI graphics device on Windows 7.
ATI has refused to release any proper Windows 7 drivers for their DX9-based devices, so if you are running Windows 7 with such a device, then your only choice is to install the "legacy" Vista driver onto Windows 7.
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There is a bug in ATI's "legacy" Vista drivers on Windows 7 which hides the scaling/stretching options that should be present. Normally you would find these options under the "Notebook Panel Properties" node of the treeview in the Catalyst Control Center. They show up there fine using the same driver on Vista on the same hardware, but they are mysteriously absent when using the same driver on the same hardware on Windows 7.
It looks increasingly unlikely that ATI will EVER update their "legacy" drivers for their DX9-based graphics devices. It looks even more unlikely that they will ever develop proper Windws 7 drivers for these devices. Instead they are focusing all their efforts on their newer DX10-based devices and drivers.
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Well you can work past that actualy, but the option is annoying to do everytime since when i go to a lower resolution everything becomes blurry and so on.
Heres what you do when you use a dx9 graphics card.
1. lower you resolution one step down. I use 1680x1050 so i went to 1600x1024.
You should have the black bars lower bottom on the side different to everyone.
2. Since CCC dosnt give the scaeling option under "Notebook & Panel Properties" in Advanced View
    you change to basic and do it under Quick Settings.
3. take "Notebook & Panel Properties" on the right side in the box click on " Resize the desktop to fit the display panel" and click go change it to "Resize to fit the display panel"
NOTE. the trick is that it changes back automaticaly to "Do not resize" when you have your maximum resolution that is recommended by W7 thats why you need to take some other resolution.
I know its annoying to change it all the time but its the best there is right now and atleast you got the games fit to the screen and you can change the resolution back each time but then you got to do the resize with CCC again when you want to play some games.
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Pictures Without Black Bars

I'm working in photoshop and creating an image that will fit widescreen format in my imovie perfect. However when ever I bring the image in imovie it gets black bars on each side (left and right) and appears stretched.
Help?
Thanks in advance.

There are two ways to avoid the black bars after importing an image to a DV Widescreen iMovie project:
1. Before importing to iMovie, crop the Photoshop image to a 16:9 aspect ratio; or
2. In iMovie's Photos tab, increase the zoom so the 4:3 (or other aspect ratio) photo fills the 16:9 iMovie screen on all sides.
When using #1, don't worry about the narrow black edge iMovie displays along the right and left sides of the image; those won't be visible when the iMovie project is exported to iDVD or QuickTime.
If you've created a DV project instead of a DV Widescreen project, try creating the latter. iMovie lets you select the project type when you create a new project. Use the popUp menu at the bottom of the Save File dialog where you assign the project name.
You might also want to try one of the two HDV project types, which are both 16:9. The 720p type may be large enough.
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