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Article Comment – Want to Edit a Blockbuster? Stay Organized with This Free Premiere Pro Timeline Template

I've always been curious about letterboxing the aspect ratio. What's the best way to do it?

I've heard that you should work in a timeline that has the desired aspect ratio set in the sequence settings.

Although I imagine that this restricts you from changing the aspect ratio at different parts of your film if you desire to do so (i.e. cutting to IMAX footage).

Is overlaying a letterbox really a good way to do it? I've heard that overlaying a letterbox affects your video if you want to play it on a screen with a native 2.40 aspect ratio, where it's not sized and formatted correctly. Also there's a chance of artifacts showing up on the black bars.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

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