Why is Premiere Elements putting a black border around my video?

I am getting by OK with editing my videos in Premiere Elements 3.0 (I know, the shame). However, when I have finished editing, I need to output to a specified frame size to fit a video screen on my web site. All videos that have been edited for me by third parties have been sized at 640x360 pixels. When I use this frame size to render/output my videos, I have a wide black border outside the actual video. The flv file that is being created seems to have had a border added around the actual movie. Here is an example: http://www.incisor.tv/Incisortvarchive.ph p?mid=109
This doesn't happen when I output to a Quicktime, the video fills the frame as it should.
What am I doing wrong, please?

Hi guys,
Thanks for your responses. I am recording in SD, 16x9 using a Sony HVR-A1P camera. Up until now I have never tried to output to a specific frame size, as I've just been doing general stuff for my own personal use. However, on my web site, I have many, many movies which I have produced (and in some cases filmed), but which have all been edited for me by people that know what they are doing, and mostly in Final Cut. These have all been output to fit the specific video frame size that has been used on my web site, and that is a 640x360. There has never been an issue with black borders.
This movie (again, it's on my home page at www.incisor.tv) was the first time I have done everything myself. The Quicktime version is sized perfectly to the frame on my site, with no border, but the quality is very poor. Premiere Elements seems to be compressing too much, resulting in a poor quality file. Can I side-step the presets to create a less compressed, better quality (if bigger) file? If I can produce a better qualty QT file, this could be one solution to my problem, as many of the movies on my site are QTs.
The Flash file that I have created is great quality and streams beautifully, but has this border issue. Because I have never been worrying about outputing to specific frame sizes previously, I have never gotten into matching source footage with the project's preset. I've just been happy with the movies I have output. Now I have to output to a specific size, where are the parametres set? If I do a 'check properties' inside Premiere on the avi file that has come out of the camera, the image size is apparently 720x576, which is strange, because that is 4:3 rather than 16:9, which is how the movie was filmed.
This is probably quite easy to resolve, and I'll spend some more time looking at it now, but if anybody can help me short cut the process, that would be great.
Thanks, Vince

Similar Messages

I have a black border around my video and I would like it to be full screeen

I am running Premier Elements 10 on a PC and I am getting a black boarder around the video and I have rendered it multiple ways.   Is there a way to get it gone? This is the link for youtube. HCC 2014 video Final - YouTube
Thank you
Bruce

Answers in CAPS. But from playing with the file, it does not appear that I can get rid of the black border. I would have to start again from scratch. I tried a FV4 file format and a AVCHD.mp4 format and they both have black borders. Any other suggestions on how to get rid of the border, or is it impossible at this point.
Thanks Bruce KeenanPresident, Himalayan Children's Charitieswww.hccnepal.org
      From: A.T. Romano <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Keenan <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:14 PM
Subject: I have a black border around my video and I would like it to be full screeen
I have a black border around my video and I would like it to be full screeen
created by A.T. Romano in Premiere Elements - View the full discussionBruceKeenan Thank you for the reply with a lot of important details. With a 99.9999% certainty, I believe you issue is thata. you used 4:3 project settings for 16:9 source mediab. when you imported that 16:9 source media you used it as is without scalingit to get rid of the black border at the top and bottom of the frame caused by the 16:9 source ina 4:3 project. Apparently when you opened the new project, you accepted the default which is NTSC DV Standard 4:3 insteadof changing that to the project preset that would best match the properties of your source 16:9. For you to check out... a. Open a new project and, in the new project dialog, click on change settings, followed bychanging the project preset toNTSCDSLR1080pDSLR [email protected]
I OPENED A NEW PROJECT AND THE STANDARD SET WAS NTSC-DV-STANDARD-48kHz WHICH IS MY PROBLEM AS YOU POINTED OUT.
b. If you really want a F4V file HD, thenShareComputerAdobe Flash Videowith Presets = F4V - HD1080p (Flash 9 and Higher) If you want a MPEG2 file (SD), thenShareComputerMPEGSwith Presets = NTSC DVD Widescreen If you want a MPEG2 file (HD), thenShareComputerMPEG2with Presets = HDTV 1080p 29.97 High Quality If you want to explore with an AVCHD.mp4 file (HD), thenShareComputerAVCHDwith Presets = MP4 - H.264 1920 x 1080p30 Lots to explore. And, there should be no black borders anywhere. If any questions or needclarification, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you. ATR Please note that the Adobe Forums do not accept email attachments. If you want to embed a screen image in your message please visit the thread in the forum to embed the image at https://forums.adobe.com/message/6906984#6906984 Replies to this message go to everyone subscribed to this thread, not directly to the person who posted the message. To post a reply, either reply to this email or visit the message page: To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit the message page at . In the Actions box on the right, click the Stop Email Notifications link.
Start a new discussion in Premiere Elements by email or at Adobe Community For more information about maintaining your forum email notifications please go to http://forums.adobe.com/thread/416458?tstart=0.

Easy way to put black border around cropped video.

Hi
I was wondering if anyone knows of an easy way to put a 2-3 pixel black border around a cropped, shrunk video clip.
Its kind of a picture-in-picture deal, but the "simple border" filter doesn't take into account the cropped edges. I've also tried drop shadow, but I need it to be hard lines.
Any suggestions (I'm looking for the easy way because I need to apply this effect to about 100 clips, otherwise I'd just put a black colour matte behind the image).
Cheers
Chris.

Layer the Boris Vector Shape generator around your clip. It's a great tool.

Black "border" around project

I just started using Captivate 4 (upgraded from 3). I am building a new project from scratch. It is 800x600. My problem is the black border or line that goes around my project - see below. I am using a customized skin that does not include this black rectangular border. I don't know how to get rid of it. I have changed skins but it doesn't make a difference. It seems to be more prominent on the right side for some reason too in that there seems to be more of a gap. The blue border I put around the project is 800x600 so I don't understand why this is showing at all. It is much more noticeable when I publish as a swf an run it in our LMS. Can someone help me? Thanks!

Thanks for responding.
It turns out it was an unhappy coincidence. When you preview, Captivate adds this black border around the skin you have already chosen. Although it does not do that when you preview in a web page.
But then I am placing the Captivate swf file in another product called Datango. This also put a black border around the Captivate file. This was the real culprit, but at first it looked it came from Captivate.
Sorry!

Black border around an inset clip?

I've done a movie with a little inset clip on the bottom left (comes in after about 5s).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB7oiBo1v0M
I want to put a black border around the inset clip - as can be seen I've done this (I know I need to remove the drop shadow).
But the vertical border on the left is narrower in width than the horizontal border across the top.
I've seen another movie by someone else where all the borders are the same width.
Just wondering how to do this as I couldn't see relevant controls in the generator's inspector..
I used the Shapes generator, btw. Set to rectangle, no fill, black border.
It's a bit of a fiddly process getting it to fit - is there a better way?

Ah, that's just what I was looking for - thank you!

Remove Black Border Around Embedded Flash Video

Hi-
I have searched on the Web without luck, so again I have to
turn tot he forum for help. I believe this should be simple and
straightforward, but doesn't appear so. I have a simple little
Flash video embedded in a plain old web page created with DW8. When
the page is displayed in my web browser it has a thin black border
around the video. I would like to remove this border (such as one
might with image border=0). I have tried several "fixes" ranging
from setting the BODY margin height to 0 to altering my external
style sheet. None of these worked. I even created a fresh web page
with no external style sheet at all and the border is still there.
How on earth do I get rid of that ugly thing? Any help is greatly
appreciated.
-=SB

can we see this border? URL?
Chris Georgenes
Adobe Community Expert
www.mudbubble.com
www.keyframer.com
www.howtocheatinflash.com
nuie wrote:
> Hi-
>
> I have searched on the Web without luck, so again I have
to turn tot he forum
> for help. I believe this should be simple and
straightforward, but doesn't
> appear so. I have a simple little Flash video embedded
in a plain old web page
> created with DW8. When the page is displayed in my web
browser it has a thin
> black border around the video. I would like to remove
this border (such as one
> might with image border=0). I have tried several "fixes"
ranging from setting
> the BODY margin height to 0 to altering my external
style sheet. None of these
> worked. I even created a fresh web page with no external
style sheet at all and
> the border is still there. How on earth do I get rid of
that ugly thing? Any
> help is greatly appreciated.
>
> -=SB
>

Removing the black border from exported videos

Ok, basically I'm trying to rip DVD footage and convert it to something playable on an iPod. Nothing too hard getting it ripped and converted and all, but the VOB files didn't break right on the episodes, and I also wanted to edit out the theme from the beginning of EACH episode in the interest of space.
Overall it's working pretty well so far, I've been able to perform all that I needed to do, but when I export I get a wide black border around the video which looks fine now, but will take up a lot of valuable space when reduced to iPod resolution. I've found ways to change the color of the border in FinalCut, but no real way to remove it. Anyone have a way of dealing with this?

Ok, figured out what to do.
If you go to the canvas, hit the box for the borders, tell it to show the wire frame. Click and you can rotate, resize, etc.

Why does premiere elements 8 say I need the right 'codec' when trying to open hdd video?

Why does premiere elements 8 say I need the right 'codec' when trying to open hdd video? where can I find this codec?

hey, I'm not sure if I've set it up for hard drive video. When I
try to import it says it's the wrong codec. I had a similar problem with windows moviemaker.
except the error message there (moviemaker) said 'too many methods firing from events'
hmmm. I don't know what it all means. I have an hdd sony digital handycam.
dcr-sr45 is the model. any suggestions?

Youtube video has black border around it

I impoted a short clip from my camera (640x480 4:3 ratio) into the organizer, then from there opened a premiere elements project and shared the video to Youtube. The video in premiere element looks fine, it has black stripes on the left and right sides which I think is normal given the source resolution/ratio. The final video on Youtube, however, has a larger black border around the entire video, including black space at the top and bottom. Why is this, how can I get rid of this extra border?

This usually indicates a mismatch between your source video and your project settings.
Which camcorder model did your video come from and how did you get it into your computer?
When you started your Premiere Elements project, which project settings did you select?
My free Basic Training tutorials on Premiere Elements support site Muvipix.com will show you how to set up a project properly.

Black border around all the pictures in my video.

I'm new to the forum here and am struggling to find an answer to my problem and wondering if someone might help me. I am using adobe premiere elements 9 to make a picture slideshow. I have about 90 pictures, with text on several of them and audio throughout the whole thing. I don't know this program very well, I've used it one other time to make a video. When it's all done, I burn it to a dvd. The problem I'm having is that when I burn it to the dvd and play it back in my dvd player, the pictures are reduced in size and there is a black border around them all (all 4 sides). Do you know what I can do to make it go away? The last video I make didn't have it so I'm not sure what I've done with this one. And I did try compressing the pictures and it didn't change anything.
Thank you so much!
Alisha

Steve,
I actually went through last night and compressed all the pictures to a document size. Some of them are smaller (628x439) than 1000 x 750 but some are a little bigger (1024x768). I noticed as I compressed them in the folder outside of premiere, it also changed them in premiere. However when I burnt the new dvd, there was no change. If I make them smaller (for a website) will that help? Also, is it something that I would have had to have done before doing the project? I've already put about 10 hours into this video and really don't want to start it again.
Bill,
As of right now I have still images and 3 video clips in this presentation, but if it helps I can get rid of the video clips. I've actually removed them and tried it again, but had no luck. And I plan on just burning it to a dvd-r disc to watch on the dvd player. What this project is is I take pictures from the last year of my daughter and make a "birthday video" for her with music and some text on the still images.
Also, should I turn on the scale to default frame size?
I don't know a lot about the video making world, so the verbage kinda goes over my head, but when I began my project I just said ok to whatever it opened it with which says "DSLR-1080p-DSLR [email protected] I'm now thinking maybe I should have changed the setting, but am at a total loss for what it should be. Please excuse my ignorance What I'm wanting to do it just be able to play it on a dvd.
And lastly, I can't even thank you guys enough for helping me! I'm beyond frustrated and I really appreciate your kindness!
Alisha

Black border around jpegs even tho frame size set right

Hi
Can a friendly soul please tell me why my images are not the same width as my video footage.
The project is set to "standard" at 720 by 576.
When I set up the image prior to importing to CS3 i make sure they are the same 720 by 576.
Yet after theyve been imported i get a virtical black border around the left and right side. the pic is too narrow.
Experimenting with the sizes before import it seems 769 by 576 is about the right size.
But now the image (its a movie title) moves ever so slightly as i play the timeline. Its the first clip in the project.
Images are created in photoshop and then saved as Jpegs.
Video footage is DV PAL quality filmed on a Sony pd150 camcorder (this is a GREAT bit of kit btw)
thanks in advance
Stu

:)
You will also find links to many
free tutorials in the PremiereProPedia that will quickly show you how things are done in Premiere Pro.
Cheers
Eddie
PremiereProPedia (
RSS feed)
- Over 300 frequently answered questions
- Over 250 free tutorials
- Maintained by editors like
you
Forum FAQ

Black border around hotspots in Image map?

I have an image map in my HTML file that contains three
circular hotspots. When they're viewed in a browser, each one has a
black border around it after it's clicked on. I've seen other help
threads on the border problem talk about putting 'border:none" in
the IMG tag, but there's no IMG tag..it's an image map and border
is already set to "0". The code is below:
<map name="satelliteLinks">
<area shape="circle" coords="94,64,41" href="
http://gi.leica-geosystems.com/LGISub5x307x0.aspx"
target="_self" />
<area shape="circle" coords="297,51,48" href="
http://www.erdas.com/erdasCompanyNews.aspx"
target="_self" />
<area shape="circle" coords="517,59,43" href="
http://www.erdas.com"
target="_self" />
</map>
Any suggestions would be very helpful as my deadline to have
this complete is today!!

jgleica wrote:
> I have an image map in my HTML file that contains three
circular hotspots. When
> they're viewed in a browser, each one has a black border
around it after it's
> clicked on. I've seen other help threads on the border
problem talk about
> putting 'border:none" in the IMG tag, but there's no IMG
tag..it's an image map
> and border is already set to "0". The code is below:
> <map name="satelliteLinks">
> <area shape="circle" coords="94,64,41"
> href="
http://gi.leica-geosystems.com/LGISub5x307x0.aspx"
target="_self" />
> <area shape="circle" coords="297,51,48"
> href="
http://www.erdas.com/erdasCompanyNews.aspx"
target="_self" />
> <area shape="circle" coords="517,59,43" href="
http://www.erdas.com"
> target="_self" />
> </map>
>
> Any suggestions would be very helpful as my deadline to
have this complete is
> today!!
>
Thats the way the web works, its an accessibility feature, as
its how
you can tab around the page and see where the links are. Look
at any
website, click the link, and see what happens.
Steve

IPhoto adds ugly black border around imported screen grabs

When I grab a picture of an application screen (using cmd + shift + 4 and then hitting the space bar over the application), I get a screen grab that opens fine in Preview, but when I drag/import it to iPhoto, it adds an ugly thick black border around the whole picture. Why? Is there any way to stop this from happening?

Old Toad wrote:
Missed the Command....... I have used that command and don't get the border except when viewing the file as an thumbnail in the Finder.
Do you have a MMe account? If so upload the screenshot file to the Pictures folder and use the following code to add it to a post:
Click to View Photo
You'll get this: Click to View Photo. It's a screenshot of the screenshot and it's presentation in Safari.
So, I can see immediately from the photo in the link above that you have not used the key combi I am talking about - was that intentional?
Anyway, here's the link, and you can quite clearly see the drop shadow.
Click to View Photo
Message was edited by: m0thr4

Black border around max resolution 1920x1080

I recently bought the R6450 graphics card, the one i had before was a 9400 GT and it had no problems running both my main screen 1920x1080 and my second screen 1400x900. But when i plugged in my main screen using an HDMI cable i got a black border around my main screen only. With the 9400 GT i had to use an adapter (HDMI to Dual VGA) to get the HDMI to work but when i tried this on the R6450 the border only got bigger. I don't know why this happens, any suggestions?

I've not been on this forum for a long time. I used to be able to find the Scaling button/dial in Control Center. I "updated" to 2012 version of system drive ati_system_drive_fm2_mb.zip and could not find the "Scaling" dial anywhere. Did MSI move the Scaling somewhere? Thanks for helping.

Export from FCE to iDVD, results in black border around movie

Here is the problem....
I have edited a movie in FCE where all of the footage is 1440 x 1080
I export it using: File -> Export... QuickTime movie
I choose "self contained" movie and "audio/video", plus "chapter markers" in the pop up menu.
I then take this into iDVD amd all looks ok in the preview, but once burnt to DVD, there is a large black border around the entire movie. It is almost like it is a smaller movie which does not fill the screen correctly.
Any idea why this happens and how to overcome this. When I lok at the exported movie from FCE- it is 720-x576 and not the full size- is this the problem?
Thanks for any tips.

Hi
Is it widescreen ?
Did You in Your browser window set sequence and material to anamorphous. To me it was a revelation that the Browser window was exstendably to the right with lot's of columns - and one of them was Anamorphous.
Did you start a WideScreen project in iDVD - First window that opens after You clicked Start a New iDVD project (top button). At bottom this new window You set 4:3 (SD format) or 16:9 for WideScreen.
In iDVD You also need to go up to Project and down to Projectinfo
then set 16:9 here TOOO !
Proportion - Change it to 16:9
When I go from FinalCut to iDVD - I do
FCE/P to iDVD
Several things
• How to go from FCE/P to iDVD
• Free space on Start-up hard disk
• Encoding
• Brand and type of DVDs used
• Burn speed set
• iDVD BUG
• Chapters
How to go from FCE/P to iDVD I do
• Disable Screen and Energy saver
• IMPORTANT --> FIRST in FinalCut - Mix Down Audio under Sequence Menu / Render Only / Mix-down
• Export out as a QuickTime .mov file
• Select with Mark - Chapter Mark
• Not as Self-Contained (not important but saves time and space)
• NO QUICKTIME CONVERSION (IMPORTANT)
This QT.mov file I import into iDVD from within iDVD.
Free space on Start-up hard disk
I set a minimum of 25GB (for Mac OS and iDVDs temp files)
Encoding
• I use Pro Quality encoding
Brand and type of DVDs used ( Important as cheap brands DO NOT WORK )
• I use Verbatim
• I use DVD-R
Burn speed set (IMPORTANT)
• I set down this to x4 (or x1)
iDVD BUG
• One can not go back to movie-project for any alterations and then go back to
the iDVD project. It will notice and ask You to either Up-date or Cancel. Neither
of them will work.
Medicine - Start a brand new iDVD project.
Use of Chapters
• I only use a to z and 0 to 9 in naming them. NO other symbol/letter !
• NO Chapter-mark at very beginning - iDVD NEEDS TO set this by it self
• No Chapter marks in or within two seconds from a transition
(Way around this last one - Export movie as QT full quality and NO Chapter marks
Import this into a new Movie-project and now You are free to set C-Ms where You want
them except at very beginning - still)
Material used to build movie
• video - I use streamingDV (or convert all other to this e.g. .mp4, .avi, .wmv etc)
• audio - I use .aiff 16-bit 48kHz or from Audio-CD (44.1kHz) - no .mp3 or direct from iTunes
• photos - I use .jpg - no .bmp etc
Problems - then Trash iDVD pref. file and run Repair Permissions - and have a re-try.
from post ??
May not be relevant, but I had the same problem with iDVD, where burned DVDs showed a green screen. It was cured by quitting Quicksilver and Quickeys as well as disabling sleep and screen-saving
Yours Bengt W

Why is Premiere Elements putting a black border around my video?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for