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CS5 – how do I change Pixel aspect ratio
I recently upgraded to CS5 from CS3 and I have run into an issue. Adobe changed the pixel aspect ratios. Unfortunately, my NLE still uses the old PAR’s and now everything I render has thin black bars on the sides of the frame. How do I go about changing AE back to the old PARs?
Thanks
-Ben
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5 Replies
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Apple made the same fix in Final Cut Pro recently:
You can always keep using the old, wrong numbers if you like.
https://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_blogs/story/make_it_go_away
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Yeah, I never upgraded to CS4 but I used a friend of mine’s and noticed his D1 widescreen square pixel setting was different and not accommodating any of my C4D renders. I thought it was a little bug at first but I didn’t look into it until I upgraded to CS5. Unfortunately I don’t use Final Cut, and my NLE doesn’t use the new PARs.
Thanks for the responses.
-Ben
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So there is no way to manually change the pixel aspect ratio when creating a new comp?
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By manually I mean custom. I only have the option to set to the new aspect ratios. That workaround worked fine for opening an old files, but i still only get the new PAR’s when creating a new comp.
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Well I went straight from CS3 to CS5 so that explains why I didn’t notice it. While AE updates the PARs automaticaly for PAL to 1.46 (from 1.42) it does not update my old square pixel comps or solids to 1050 x 576 from 1024 x 576.
It is a nuisance as if you multiply 16×9 you get 1024 x 576 – so I’m guessing the PAL spec is not exactly 16×9 but more like 16.40265×9…. now I’m thinking it would be a good idea to quietly do away with those that wrote the original spec!
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