Screen Size

[Bill Stephan]

If the Avid export refuses to make the precise specs you want, then export the footage same size and re-render it in After Effects. Being a resoultion-independent system, you can make it render any size or aspect ratio you want.

Bill Stephan
Senior Editor/DVD Author
USA Studios
New York City

[Nick Anarky]

By same size do you mean at the 4:3 ratio?

Thank you ^_^

Nick

[Jeff Greenberg]

Nick,

You’re working with what type of footage? SD? HD? SD widescreen or SD 4:3?

Why 800×400? That’s a very strange video size. That’s 2:1 (which no camera shoots, short of a Red.)

If you could give us a little more to go on…

Best,

Jeff G

Apple Master Trainer | Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC | Adobe Cert. Instructor
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[Nick Anarky]

Hi,

I’m doing animation, and it was meant to be 800×480, we’re doing a games trailer for the iPod Touch and iPhone, so thats the resolution we have to use.

Just need to know if there is a way to set the resolution, cause it’s not letting me do it. And I don’t have after effects.

Cheers.

[Jeff Greenberg]

Nick,

Nope. Avid is tied broadcast video formats. The iPhone and iPod touch are optimized for widescreen versions of those formats as well.

From this page for the iPod Touch

TV and video
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Apple VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable (cables sold separately)

It handles standard video formats just fine (480p, 720p) and while it can store larger formats, they’re meant for display over the VGA adapter.

I suggest you go back and talk about 720p or 480p widescreen.

Best,

Jeff G

Apple Master Trainer | Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC | Adobe Cert. Instructor
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