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FCP into AE, then back again…aspect ratio gone south :-)
Hey all,
I have a 5 second clip that needs the attention of After Effects. A small area of my footage needs a paint job, and I’ve successfully brought the small area of my timeline out of FCP and have started a new composition in After Effects.
I’ve done the paint job and mission accomplished.
The problem:
I can’t get the footage back into Final Cut with the correct aspect ratio. The footage is, in FCP, HDV footage, 1440 x 1080 at 16:9 PAR. It looks great in After Effects, as AE is sizing the movie correctly. But my understanding is that I need to set my composition PAR settings to 1.33 aspect ratio in order to maintain the correct proportion. The PAR dropdown in Composition settings does not give this option. I’ve also tried 1920 x 1080 with Square Pixels and that doesn’t work either.
Can anyone advise me on how I get footage back out of AE without changing the PAR, or perhaps allowing me to choose 1.33 in my Composition settings?
HUGE HELP!
Thank you,
wb -
4 Replies
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in my AE comp settings, I have the option for CineForm HDV 1080i (1.33 PAR) you are missing something I guess
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Wow, I don’t have that at all…I’m using AE 6.5. Could anyone else advise on why I’m missing this menu item?
WB
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Can’t advise while your missing it…since I am too, but try this site for a way to correct it.
https://www.dvinfo.net/conf/archive/index.php/t-43362.html
HTH-
bobby walker ii
broadcast video COWG5 2.5GHZ DP,2.5 RAM, AJA IO LA, Medea G-Raid,FCP HD
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that link totally fixed it…THANK YOU
But I’m still unsure why I didn’t have that option from the outset!
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