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  • Preserve resolution when nested

    Posted by Jim Bachalo on October 12, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    Can anyone give a good example of when you might want to leave ‘Preserve resolution when nested’ switched ‘on’ in a composition?

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    John Cuevas replied 12 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • John Cuevas

    October 12, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    In the Advanced tab of the Composition Settings dialog box (Composition > Composition Settings), choose Preserve Resolution When Nested or Preserve Frame Rate When Nested Or In Render Queue for a composition to retain its own resolution or frame rate, and not inherit those settings from the containing composition. For example, if you deliberately used a low frame rate in a composition to create a jerky, hand-animated result, you should preserve the frame rate for that composition when it is nested. Similarly, the results of rotoscoping may look wrong when converted to a different frame rate or resolution. Use this setting instead of the Posterize Time effect, which is less efficient.

    After Effects /
    Precomposing, nesting, and pre-rendering

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