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CS4 HDV export presets?
Hi,
I create a project in PPCS4 with HDV settings, 1440×1080.
There don’t seem to be any export settings or presets that correspond, either in the PP export dialog or the Adobe Media Encoder.
If I override and choose 1140 x 1080, I get a letterbox output. There should be a way to set output same as input.
Any help, Thanks.
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6 Replies
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What format are you trying to export to? If you want to export back to tape, just use Export > Tape and the system renders the appropriate file in the background.
If you want to export for the web or something, you may need to change dimensions to correspond with square pixels to get proper output look, as HDV uses 1.333 pixel aspect ratio.
Let us know your intended delivery and a format can be suggested
Jeff Pulera
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Thanks.
When I render out of After Effects, intended for TV I have been using Quicktime 1920 x 1080, squre pixels, 94% photo jpeg format.
I did find HD output from Premiere to H.64 as mp4 and HD as m2v.
I guess there is no similar Quicktime export to what I am used to. Setting it to 1440x 1080 gives a letterbox Quicktime output.
Thanks
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Do you also set you pixel aspect to 1.33 as noted?
Alex
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Hi Steve,
I just re-read you posts and maybe we need to back up a bit and start over. Maybe I should be asking how you came to choose a 1440×1080 preset? This is for HDV tape. Full HD is 1920×1080 (1.0 square pixel aspect ratio). To fit 1080i video on DV cassettes as HDV format, they reduced the resolution down to 1440×1080 and changed the PAR to 1.333 (note that 1440×1.333=1920 so playback looks correct on TV).
So, if you are creating original animation and are not working with HDV sourced material, you may wish to avoid the whole 1440×1080 thing and work with 1920×1080, or 720p HD at 1280×720, as both are natively 16:9 HD formats with 1.0 PAR.
The reason your 1440×1080 render doesn’t look right during computer playback is because the player assumes square pixels, and displays the 1440×1080 image as is, it is not adjusting for 1.333 PAR. HDV cameras and Blu-ray disc players take this into account and do of course properly play back this material.
Jeff Pulera
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Thanks Jeff,
I usually use 1920 x 1080, have done several projects on Discovery Channel, the Doing DaVinci models and animations.
For this project, our producer has filmed in 1440×1080 and is compiling it on Final Cut Pro.
I think I’ll just keep using after Effects for output on this project.
Thanks for the help!
Cheers
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