• Boris FX Particle Illusion

  16×9 PAL Anamorphic Project Settings

  Posted by Wfedit6 on September 4, 2006 at 5:35 pm

  I am trying to set up a project for 16×9 anamorphic DVCAM PAL footage. In FCP my footage 720×576 but it does show proper aspect unless anamorphic is checked. In PI I tried to enter the settings but the aspect ratio is off. Below are links to two screen caps, 1 of the proper frame size in fcp at 100% and 1 of how it looks in PI.
  https://www.winterfall.eu/test1.jpg
  https://www.winterfall.eu/test2.jpg

  Also since the footage is dvcam lower field first do I want to render lower 1st in PI ? I need to take rendered files with alpha channels back into FCP.
  Thx!

  Scott J replied 19 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Alan Lorence

  September 5, 2006 at 3:27 pm

  Here’s how Aharon (our aspect ratio and format expert) answered a similar (if not exact) question in an email a couple weeks ago. Hope it helps.

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  Since particleIllusion can only read in sqaure pixels, your going to experience a problem with standard Definition widescreen footage because it’s output in non square pixels at 720×486.

  So you need to force Final cut tor render in square pixels at the square pixel equivilent size for SD widescreen – and that’s at 864×486.

  So, again force Final cut to output as square pixels with a resolution of 864×486.

  When you bring that into particleIllusion it will come in correctly. Once you output from pIllusion into Final Cut, then you have to make sure to let final cut know that it’s at square pixels – not sure how to do that since I don’t use final cut, but that’s the solution.
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  Alan.
  wondertouch
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  Wfedit6

  September 6, 2006 at 1:44 pm

  Thanks. Didnt have any luck. My footage is 720×576 Anamorphic. not 720×486. I was able to set a reference output movie (not self contained) with that size but the render time for 5 min was about 6 hours on my machine,which is way to long. Looks like Ill have to use AE on this one……bummer.
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  Scott J

  September 17, 2006 at 6:12 pm

  Hi,

  I had the similar problem and a nice person from wondertouch emailed me not the complete answer but enough to get me started to work out the problem. You have to exsport your footage as square pixels, and at the stretched outresolution in PAL, which is 1024 x 576. I’m using Final Cut and is easily done in this package but little knowledge of other sorry. Hope this helps as it works fine with mine.

  Scott

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