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Hmm.  Never ventured into this forum before, but I'm doing some editing on my own, and I've run into a bit of a snag.  I'm used to editing on Final Cut, but now I'm using Pinnacle.  I just uploaded some video footage from a DVD, but the footage appears in my viewer window extremely zoomed in and distorted.  I wondered if something was wrong with the transfer, but the thumbnails on my timeline show the complete image.  I've even tried the command "Show full image," but it doesn't do anything.  Any ideas?

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Do your project settings match the video's attributes (resolution, frame rate, pixel aspect ratio, etc)?  Honeslty I've never used Pinnacle, so I'm just trying to think of basic things.

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Well, resolution matches at 720x480.  The frame rate's a bit off.  The project runs at 29.97, while the film runs at 23.98.  Hmm, I would think the resolution might have more to do with it than the frame rate, though.  Sigh.  I don't know.

EDIT:  If it helps, I'll give a bit more detail.  I converted the DVD to .avi format with HandBrake and imported the resulting files into Pinnacle.  Well... that's really all the detail I have.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Ah-ha! I fixed it! In case this problem ever crops up for anybody else, I'll go ahead and post my solution: Setup-->Video and Audio Preferences Toggle "Enable full resolution preview." Yeah, pretty simple. I feel kinda stupid, but I mollify myself in the fact that I've never had to do that before to see things properly! Thanks for the help, ChainsawAsh!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.