Answers.Body: <p>A custom resolution of 640 by 480 with square pixels would work.  It's also worth noting that if you import the video and drag it on to a new sequence, Premiere should offer to automatically adjust the settings for the sequence for you.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a video with 640x480 resolution, which I want to import into premiere and add a MASK over specific areas which should not be visible.</p>
  
  <p>I'm wondering what settings I should select when I start my project.
  Additionally, wondering if there is a better way / program. Basically I want to have te final result with minimal loss of data from re-compression and minimal creation of artifacts etc..</p>
  
  <p>My video has the following characteristics:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ID_VIDEO_ID=0
  ID_DEMUXER=lavfpref
  ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=avc1
  ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=0
  ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=640
  ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=480
  ID_VIDEO_FPS=1001.000
  ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
  ID_LENGTH=10970.24
  ID_SEEKABLE=1
  ID_CHAPTERS=0
  ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffh264
  ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.3333
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The Media Information from VLC is the following:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/esCe0.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
Tags: <premiere><compression><mp4><presets>
Title: Editing a 640x480 mp4 in premiere CS4
UserDisplayName: Menelaos
ThreadText: # Editing a 640x480 mp4 in premiere CS4
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-06-06)
  
  I have a video with 640x480 resolution, which I want to import into premiere and add a MASK over specific areas which should not be visible.
  
  I'm wondering what settings I should select when I start my project.
  Additionally, wondering if there is a better way / program. Basically I want to have te final result with minimal loss of data from re-compression and minimal creation of artifacts etc..
  
  My video has the following characteristics:
  
  ```
  ID_VIDEO_ID=0
  ID_DEMUXER=lavfpref
  ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=avc1
  ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=0
  ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=640
  ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=480
  ID_VIDEO_FPS=1001.000
  ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
  ID_LENGTH=10970.24
  ID_SEEKABLE=1
  ID_CHAPTERS=0
  ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffh264
  ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.3333
  
  ```
  
  The Media Information from VLC is the following:
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/esCe0.png)
  
  **Tags:** premiere, compression, mp4, presets
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-06-06. Score: 1
  
  A custom resolution of 640 by 480 with square pixels would work. It's also worth noting that if you import the video and drag it on to a new sequence, Premiere should offer to automatically adjust the settings for the sequence for you.
  
  
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