1st TV commercial… trying to be proactive here.

[Steve Roberts]

I’m assuming that the commercial will be going from you to some kind of video editor? Always ask that person what he or she needs from you.

– Size? 720×480? 720×486? 640×480? It depends on the editor’s system: Avid, Media 100, FCP, DigiSuite?
– 29.97 fps? Yes.
– Format? Animation codec? DV? TGA stills? Avid codec?
– Levels? Broadcast safe 16-235? 0-255?
– Best quality? Of course.
– Millions or Trillions? Only Trillions (16-bit-per-channel) if they want you to render to a 10-bit codec such as Blackmagic.

Now if they want you to deliver tape, you probably need to find a post house to do it for you, so it comes out acceptable for broadcast.

Once you talk to that technical person, if you need more help to fulfil his/her needs, come back to us.

Steve

[Matt Sonberg]

Hey Steve,

I’m creating the whole thing in AE. Does that make a difference in any of the specs you mentioned above. The client is basically giving me some still photos and the rest will be up to me.

Thanks.

Matt

Matt Sonberg
Win XP Pro
1.8 Ghz AMD Athlon
1 GB RAM
Asus MB
AE 6.0
Audition 1.5.1
PS CS

[Steve Roberts]

[DigMeSource] “I’m creating the whole thing in AE”

Yep, I assumed that. My advice still holds. Since you aren’t broadcasting it from your computer, and AE cannot output to tape, you need to give your rendered movie (or sequence) to someone else, whether it be a post house or the TV station.

To whom are you giving your final render? You must talk to a technical person there. I cannot overemphasize this.

Steve

[Chris Smith]

Like Steve said, check the specs with the person that’s going to integrate your clip into the broadcast pipeline. However, I think it would be safe to assume that the resolution would be 720 x 486 with .9 pixel aspect. That’s standard D1 setup.

720 x 480 is most commonly DV.

Chris Smith
https://www.sugarfilmproduction.com