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  • Rectangle photos skewing when rotated in widescreen comp

    Posted by Evan Bowers on December 19, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Hi Everyone,

    This is my first post, I am working on a project that requires the comp to be NTSC DV Widescreen. I created art work on photoshop and imported that into my project. The art work is a collection of rectangle photographs and when I rotate them I notice a slight skewing. I checked to see if they had accidentally been parented to anything with an unlocked scale and they aren’t. I am curious if any of you folks have had the same problem or know how to fix it. I appreciate the help.

    Thanks,
    Evan Bowers

    Evan Bowers replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Evan Bowers

    December 19, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    It’s so strange, I have tried over and over to fix this. I have made numerous comps from scratch to start over, but it is still the same. I tried with the layer being 3d and without the layer being 3d, I have also tried with and without cameras, and every available camera. I may just have to check it on another computer, and make sure my copy of ae isn’t messed up, or if it is an optical illusion, but I am almost positive it’s not. Thanks for the reply.

  • Evan Bowers

    December 19, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    I have tried everything from new comps, to all available cameras 3d layers on and off different psd files, and the image still skews a bit. I am going right now to check it on another computer, I will let you know if it is just my computer or if I have a real mystery on my hands.

  • Andy Devries

    December 19, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    are your psd images being scaled in PS to accomodate the DV pixel aspect ratio of 0.9? That’s assuming you have your comp’s PAR set as such.

    Even still, if this were the problem I would think the distortion would be evident before any rotating was done.

  • Andy Devries

    December 19, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    Correction, I didn’t notice you said DV Widescreen. The PAR would be 1.2, not 0.9.

  • Evan Bowers

    December 19, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Dave,

    Thanks so much, I ended up figuring out the problem in a more tedious way by rendering out a portion and viewing it on a tv. It rendered properly and everything looks good. I will try that toggle button and see if that does anything for me. I appreciate your help.

    Thanks,
    Evan Bowers

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