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16:9 PAL Questions Cinema to AE
Hi,
I have searched the archive and found some answers to working with 16:9. Anway I am still not clear regarding 2 problems:
1. I am working in Cinema 4D 8.5 and want to export footage right for a PAL Anamorphotic Sequence where it will be composited in After FX. I can’t find proper pre-sets. There is a HDTV 16:9 Aspect ratio but when used with PAL Resolution I get too few pixels in height (not 576). Do I have to fix the pixel aspect ratio or do I render out a large composition (1024×576??) and squeeze it horizontally to fit the AE-Composition??
2. I have several old 4:3 PAL COmpositions which have to be turned into 16:9. Most are no problem but when mixing photos, video and AE-Layers with masks. How do I interpret the layers best so I don’t have to work around too much?
Is it right to re-interpret the layer settings to the compositions 16:9 settings or does that deform the masks?? I am not sure on how to handle this.Thanks for any hints in advance,
Karim
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I’m in NTSC-land, so if I’m wrong, somebody else will chime in:
1. You want the PAL D1/DV preset in AE. This is the comp into which you will drag your imported C4D sequences, and this is the comp you will render.
In C4D, you can either work at (manual) 720×576, pixel 1.42 to 1 … or (manual) 1024×576, pixel 1 to 1. The latter might be safer. nevertheless, both should fit the AE preset (above) automatically.2. Ouch! It all depends on the layers. If you change a layer’s size, the mask will change with it. I would make the 4:3 comp a (16:9) PAL widescreen square pixel comp. Then I’d manually adjust the layers so they look right, then drop that square pixel comp into a PAL widescreen (non-square pixel) comp for rendering. Beyond that, I can’t say how to approach your revision.
Hope that helps.
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