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Help needed with CS4 Aspect Ratios
I am wondering about the new aspect ratios in AE CS4.
Up to CS3 I have always been working in PAL with 768×576 and 1024×576 square pixels and then placed my comps in PAL or PAL Anamorph Comps for output to Final Cut or Avid.Since CS4 the ratios changed and I need other widths. Of course in AE working the the new square pix and PAL Ratios fits fine But why is that only in Adobe Software? I mean, everything is compatible with Final Cut or Avid if I output a square pixels Clip with Animation Codec with the old settings and render in FCP. With the new widths it doesn’f fit in my editing software, so why did Adobe change the ratios and why did they do it excactly now with CS4??
Thanks for any hints in advance,
Karim
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Some major broadcasters and some software companies asked us repeatedly to fix the pixel aspect ratios for some older, standard-definition formats. We did. When the wrong thing has been done for long enough, many people consider it to be “right”, so this change has certainly taken some time and effort to adjust to.
To learn how to work with the pixel aspect ratios, why they were changed, and even how to avoid using the correct values, see this page and this page.
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