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dv anamorphic & square pixel graphics
Ok on the advice of training I originally received… when I work in DV footage (720×480) and want to combine this with titles, graphics, etc. in After Effects, I can (or should) use the size of 720×540. After Effects will figure out the square vs. rectangular pixels thing for me and I’ll always know that when I draw a circle in Photoshop or After Effects, it will indeed always be a circle. So far, for the better part of 2 years this has worked perfectly. Now the question…
I just bought a Panasonic PV-GS400 which has DV anamorphic capability. My understanding is that this is STILL 720×480, just stretched… which brings me to the graphics. I’ve never used this, but man do I want to! If I now want to create titles/graphics and always work with square pixels when I do so, I should NO LONGER be working at 720×540 but instead work at 853×480? Do I have that right? Please advise,as I’ve never done this before. Thanks!
rjf
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3 Replies
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Which version of Photoshop are you using? The newer (Cs) versions should provide templates for creation NTSC Widescreen images. Likewise in After FX, so long as you create a project which is using the correct template (NTSC Widescreen) and ensure all your artwork is correctly identified (using the Interpret Footage option), everything should be taken care of for you :-).
chris
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Hey,
thanks for getting back to me. I do indeed have CS2 and AE 7.0… I dont’ see a template for DV anamorphic (or widescreen) with square pixels. I DO see one at 720×480 with a 1.2 pixel aspect ratio. So if I understand you correctly…
I should no longer be working with square pixels in Photoshop but should instead be working with the 1.2 pixel aspect ratio? Bummer.. Let me know if I’m interpreting your answer correctly. Thanks again
rjf
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For those curious,
Again Chris thanks for your original help!
rjf
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