• Adobe After Effects

  Video Preview Output Device Problem

  Posted by Dan Reynolds on November 10, 2008 at 7:32 pm

  I need to output a full screen, full resolution video preview to a video projector of a comp that is 1024×768 using square pixels. I can get AE to push a video preview to the projector but not at the full size. The Output device pulldown option that is getting me this far is for a “Digital Cinema Desktop”. The resolution shown under output mode seems to be stuck at 1920×1080 regardless of what resolution my projector is setup as.

  Does anyone have any experience with this kind of problem? I can’t even find a more detailed description of what the output mode options are beyond what the manual says which is not much.

  Any help would be most appreciated.

  Dan

  Dan Reynolds replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Adam Taylor

  November 11, 2008 at 9:55 am

  what i think you need is a video output card such as Kona3 or Blackmagic (there may be other less costly options). You are using the built-in dvi connections intended for computer monitors, which are not the same as video monitors.

  Adam Taylor
  Video Editor/Audio Mixer/ Compositor/Motion GFX/Barista
  Character Options Ltd
  Oldham, UK

  http://www.sculptedbliss.co.uk
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  Dan Reynolds

  November 11, 2008 at 1:31 pm

  Thanks Adam. But I am going for a standard Computer resolution of 1024×768 and not HD or SD video. Actually I had a successful test last night just by trying some different combinations of the settings. I chose the “raw” option instead of “full screen”. I think that is a bit ironic since what I was after was a full screen display. The “full screen” setting gave me a view about 60% of actual full screen. Weird.

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