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Anamorphic
Maybe this has been addressed earlier, but I just shot a program with my Panasonic SDX900 in true anamorphic and edited the footage in FCP in anamorphic but need to add some graphic support created in AE. What setting should I use in the comp and in the rendering?
Any input would be deeply appreciated
Steve
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3 Replies
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Whatever frame rate and field order you’re editing in. As for AE, this is what I do:
compose everything in a square pixel comp of 864*486 (which is 16*9 aspect ratio, you can use any set of numbers as long as they are at that ratio). Then I nest that comp in a 720*486 non-square comp, command option f to stretch it down to that size, render it and plop it into FCP. In FCP under clip settings I select “anamorphic” and AE stretches it back out to 16*9 with absolutely no warping whatsoever.
I know there may be better ways but this one works for me with relatively little hassle.
Yussef
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Without knowing more about the footage, you could import one of the files from the FCP capture scratch folder. Drag the footage down over the make comp icon at the bottom of the project window and that will give you a comp the same size as your footage. If you select the footage in the project window the settings for that footage will be shown at the top of the project window. You can then set your render and output modules to match this so when you render it out, it will drop right into the timeline. Of Course test the settings to see if AE interprets the footage correctly.
TonyTony
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the worry with that though, is that anamorphic in FCP (I believe) is just stretched out 720 486. And ae might just give you a squished file…
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