Re: Portrait photos imported into avid are stretched - how to avoid?

You can use Avid Pan & Zoom.

P&Z is an effect, you point to the image file and then you can make adjustments to the image with regard to position and scale. Because it merely points to the actual image, then you're using the full image quality of the original image and not a compressed version (as you do when you import it)

One caveat is that the image can not be larger than about 3500x3500 pixels or so. If your image exceeds that size you will need to use an image editing software (ie, Photoshop) to resize it down.

The process of using Pan & Zoom is too involved to explain here, there are likely tutorials all over the web on using Avid Pan & Zoom that will be able to give more detail.




Kenton VanNatten
Avid Editor (for hire)