My third 2011 Christmas carol - Star Wars - Baby, It's Cold Outside

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Dean Martin's "Baby, It's Cold Outside" for Star War's Han/Leia. MP2:139 MB; MP4:21 MB.
http://www.iment.com/maida/keepthissecret/songvids/swsong.htm#cold

A very Happy Christmas to all, just a little early. Best, Mary

Aspect ratio problems with Premiere

[sabrina-il.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I use VirtualDub Mod to clip my sources and then vid with Adobe Premiere Pro. As per this post I usually add a black "frame" to my video files to make them 720x480 so Premiere can work with them.

Unfortunately I've now got a source that's only available as a VHS rip and the frame size is 560x304. When I try to resize the video to make the frame larger (so I can only add a black frame on top/bottom or left/right instead of on all four sides) it comes out sort of blurry and unclear (since I've essentially zoomed in and it's already a VHS rip).

So, is there anything I can do to make the aspect ratio OK for Premiere without zooming in? Or should I just suck it up and add a black frame on all 4 sides?

Help very, very much appreciated! <3