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Photo Huge in comp window
Hi, I’m just starting out been watching how to DVD’s and been over at video co pilot. and I have been able to do several things with titles and effects that I have nedded to do so far and have been having fun trying new stuff.
But something real simple is driving me crazy. I use AE 6.5
my problem is this: when i drag a jpeg to the comp window it is HUGE I can only view a small section of it in the comp window – It’s all there because I can move it around with the “hand tool, but when the same photo is open as “footage” I see it all perfectly, but when it’s back in comp view it’s huge again. I’m sure this is somthing very simple but it is driving me bonkers. I’ve spent a couple hours trying to figure it out but nothing so far, any help would be appreciatedall the best
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When you say you move it around with the hand tool, do you mean the move tool? The move tool – arrow – will select and move your layer, but the hand tool will just move the ‘view’ you have of the layer.
What are the settings of the comp? Are they the size of your large jpeg? You’ll want to choose one of the preset comp settings, e.g. PAL DV, 720 x 576.
Or perhaps you are just zoomed in too much. At the bottom left of the comp panel is a dropdown menu for setting the zoom level. If you’re using standard def’ comp’ settings the whole thing should be visible at 100% zoom, assuming your monitor resolution isn’t really low.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Hi thanks for the response
Q: When you say you move it around with the hand tool, do you mean the move tool? The move tool – arrow – will select and move your layer, but the hand tool will just move the ‘view’ you have of the layer.
The Hand toolWhat are the settings of the comp?
Ntsc DV 720×480 preset.Are they the size of your large jpeg?
3000×2000Or perhaps you are just zoomed in too much.
No. I have tried all the zoom settings – the grey square through which i can visibly see the photo just gets larger or smaller but the veiw of the photo stays the same unless i move it around with the HAND TOOL.
Now this Might help When I zoom to around 6% and I can see the Pink outline of the size of the photo as a bounding box.OK Wait a minute….
now I can scale the picture this way, by dragging the corners of the pink bounding box I can scale it and now I can see the whole photo. Yahoo… but it also messes with the aspect ratio of the photo.
And I can’t quite get the photo to match the comp window exactly I can see the transpernt layer below it some times?Isn’t there a way to have the photo open where it will match the output ratio of the comp window when it’s dragged to the comp window?. Or do i have to scale each and every photo to match aspect ratio of comp window? thanks for your help
all the best
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When you scale the image using the comp panel, hold shift to constrain X and Y proportions (i.e. keep the width and height the same relative to one another).
If you want to scale it to fit the comp in terms of width, right-click the image in the comp panel (or do whatever it is you do if you use a Mac to show the context menu!), choose Transform and then select the option to scale to comp height or to comp width.
Simon Bonner
youtube.com/simonsaysfx
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Yes. That’s right. I can scale the photo numerous ways. Thank you.
I guess what threw me off was when I view the photo as footage I’m seeing the whole photo size 3000×2000, but when the photo is viewed in the comp window which is 720×480 I’m just seeing a 720×480 portion of my 3000×2000 photo which is represted by the pink bounding box. so I need to scale the photo to see as much as I want to in the 720×480 comp window. I think that what’s going on right?
I knew it was somethng basic like that. Is there a way to automate the scaling of photo’s so I don’t have to resize each one every time? Thanks for the input. I was at the dv expo in LA yesterday and the stuff they can do with CS4 was pretty cool.All the best
Anthony
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