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16:9 settings and adding footage
Hello!
I’m working on a piece, it’s settings are:
ntsc d1 widescreen
720×486
aspect ratio: d1/dv ntsc widescreen16:9
The client would like to purchase some stock video. It’s settings are 720×486 dv/ntsc.
I’m new to the 16:9 setting..does anyone know if I bring in the above stock video footage, will it work with my current settings without looking distorted?
Thank you!
H
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4 Replies
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it shouldn’t look distorted, but if it has a standard 4:3 par (pixel aspect ratio) of 0.9, then you will need to scale it up to fill the 16:9 frame.
did that make sense?
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
The stock footage is probably 4:3, not 16:9. So in a widescreen comp, you’ll have the choice of :- stretching it wide (bad),
– leaving black bars on the sides (bad in many circles) or
– scaling up proportionally and cropping off the top & bottom.Option 3 is the best. Scale it up to fit width (ctrl-alt-shift-H or cmd-opt-shift-H on Mac).
Make sure that you separate fields when importing the footage, if AE doesn’t do it automatically.
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THANK YOU moldyboot and Steve Roberts, I REALLY appreciate the info!
H
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THANKS DAVE!
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