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Exporting Self Contained File
So I’ve exported my clip as a self contained file in FCE HD but it comes out with the wrong aspect ratio and ends up looking squished. Why is this? my footage was shot with a Sony HDR FX1 in widescreen and my sequences are all in the widescreen format. Not sure whats happening. I want to take the file and work them in After Effects a little bit but this is where Im at right now. Can someone help? Thanks
Bones
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QT normally read all the pixels as square, so many times the player doesn’t show the correct aspect. When you import your movie to AE set in “Interprete footage” Aspect ratio and Pixels Aspect ratio properly. Will look good there.
Rafael -
Where is this option found? Ive right clicked on my footage and found “interpret footage” and then I go to main but not sure if this is correct. little help locating this function? Thanks
Bones
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When you export to QuickTime Movie there is a checkbox option to Make Self-Contained.
All the best,
Tom
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Right. Iterprete footage> main. When you’ll drag the clip to the Project window, the clip will look right. However you need to set the AE project window to show the correct aspect ratio otherwise the project and the footage can look 4×3 instead of 16×9.
Rafael -
Im havng trouble still….hmmm…what do u mean set the AE project window? there are no options that I see to change the project window settings. When I import the footage it just imports…thats it. its there. when I drag it down into the time line its squished. So I right click on the footage file in the project window, say interpret footage, main, then just hit okay. not sure what to do next
Bones
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Interprete the footage before to lie it in the time-line. If the composition have the same parameters than the footage, when you drag the clip will fill the project window. You may have your footage set to Wide Screen and also your composition to Wide Screen, but the project display a 4×3 window. Goo the “View” menu and in “View Options” check “Window: Pixel Aspect Ratio correction”. Everything should look right.
Rafael
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