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  • Stills wont get the right aspect

    Posted by Henrik Helms on November 4, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Hi!
    When I import eg. an jpeg and want to keep its original aspect ratio I choose the project aspect ratio which is the only import solution to have it imported as its native size. It says it has its native resolution – but it is bigger to the sides than the original.
    The settings is 16:9 and in the projectsettings it is also what is chosen.
    How will I be able to get it in the right dimensions without having to change Y-scale seperately.

    Greetings
    Henrik Helms
    dBA MEDIA

    Peter Mcauley replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
  • 5 Replies
  • Peter Mcauley

    November 4, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    Hi Henrik,

    What application are you using? RED?

    Thanks,

    Peter.

  • Henrik Helms

    November 4, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    Yes I am using the latest RED application

    Greetings
    Henrik Helms
    dBA MEDIA

  • Peter Mcauley

    November 4, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    Okay … so what you need to do is this:

    • open the preferences panel (edit>preferences)
    • go to the import tab in the preferences pane
    • set the aspect pop-up to square pixels
    • close the preferences pane
    • go to the preview drop down menu and select preview>preview with square pixels
    • open the project settings (edit>project settings)
    • set the video aspect pop-up to square pixels

    With these settings imported stills should not be changed to fit the project on import and they will appear square on-screen.

    Please let me know if this helps.

    Cheers,

    Peter.

  • Henrik Helms

    November 4, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    Thanks Peter!
    I wil try that!

    Greetings
    Henrik Helms
    dBA MEDIA

  • Peter Mcauley

    November 4, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Also … you might want to click on the face sub-track of the imported still image to make sure that the image is not stretched – native size and imported size as listed in the controls window should be identical. If they are not, then you can change this by clicking on the aspect pop-up in the controls window and selecting either square pixels or use project aspect ratio.

    Cheers,

    Peter.

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