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composition settings for hi-def
I will creating some graphics for a production shot with a Sony HVR-Z1U. I am a bit new to the world of hi-def so I am unsure what my composition settings need to be. The footage is 1050, 50i, and PAL. Would that mean that the composition size is 1050 by (whatever?) and the frame rate would be 25 fps since it’s interlaced? Would I need to use square or non-square pixels? Whatever help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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AE 6.5 doesn’t come with presets for HDV (that’s what you have, rather than “high def” which usually implies professional variants like HDCAM or DVCPRO HD). The problem is you can’t even customize properly the settings yourself, because AE 6.5 doesnt have an option for using the correct pixel aspect ratio for HDV (1.33, I believe it is).
Fortunately, AE 7 does have the proper support for HDV sizes and pixel aspect. Everything will be easy if you upgrade (HDV wasn’t really around when AE 6.5 came out).One temporal workaround is to create the Comp at 1920×1080 with square pixels and 25 fps, apply Stretch to Fit to the HDV Layers so they adapt to that 1080i format, render with those settings and then have your NLE squeeze again the results to HDV aspect (1440×1080 with 1.33 pixel aspect ratio).
All the bestAdolfo Rozenfeld
Buenos Aires – Argentina
https://www.adolforozenfeld.com
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Check my post in a previous thread for establishing interpretation rules for HDV. (If you upgrade to AE7 you won’t need to worry – it’s all included).
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=867696
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