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16:9 output (in AE 6.5)
Hi all,
I’m having trouble exporting a 16:9 comp and making it look right (heard that one before, eh?) I searched the archives and found a thread from a few months ago about exporting a comp (in AE 6.5) with the Preset at NTSC DV Widescreen 720×480 and the Pixel Aspect Ratio at D1/DV NTSC Widescreen (1.2). The suggestion was to change the Format Options in the output module to 8-bit uncompressed 4:2:2. Previously, I exported at Animation codec and stretched it to 854×480 (which didn’t work). But the 8-bit-uncompressed is still a bit too wide. I lined it up under the original clip in Final Cut and lowered the opacity of the original clip and the one from AE was stretched a bit too much. Any suggestions or links to posts that have the answer would be appreciated.
Also, in 6.5, can I leave the “Toggle Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction” on so I can view the comp in widescreen?
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan
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What is your end result deliverable? What do you plan on doing with your rendered file? DVD? web? back into an NLE?
The reason it might look strange when exported with a non-square pixel aspect like 1.2 for widescreen, is that some players like Quicktime do not properly compensate for non-square pixels, showing the video as square pixels, which looks distorted.
If you plan on compressing this for the web or for primarily computer playback, you can use your encoding software to adjust and compensate stretching the image out to using square pixels.
With material destined for DVD, also uses your encoding software to add the 16×9 flag when compressing to MPEG-2 so that once authored onto a DVD, the DVD player will stretch the anamorphic widescreen image out and either letterbox/pan&scan for 4×3 sets or display it properly on a 16×9 set.Erik
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