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Sequence settings for mixing Arri 2k 4:3 anamorphic and HD
Hi All
This may be a simple question, but I need some help with sequence settings for a project mixing regular 1080 square pixel HD footage with 2K 4:3 anamorphic 2:1 (2048×1536) footage from an Alexa.
Basically, I have to sort out sequence settings for a shoot with these mixed formats, and am trying to figure out how to mix them and preserve full quality of both formats as project will be sent to After Effects for GFX, so designers obviously want best quality footage that has not been scaled.
I have been playing around with it, but have not had much luck getting them to play nicely together due to one being anamorphic and the other square pixels.
If I choose square pixels the HD will sit nicely in that, but the 2K will obviously be either horizontally squished but full height vertically and not great for the producer cutting, or resized to fit the comp which I believe would take away some or the original quality.
On the other hand, If i go for an anamorphic setting then the regular HD is tiny in comparison to the 2K Alexa shots and not good to work with.
The final output will be will be letter-boxed 2.39 in HD frame size for PAL TV, so the 16:9 HD footage will be cropped to match the 2K, which I also believe needs to be cropped to 1836 (from 2048) pixels to create the correct 2.39 aspect…….or scaled down if I can get it to AE untouched….
Whatever I end up doing it needs to be workable for the producer cutting the spot, so they can see exactly what they will get frame size wise, as well as the designer doing the GFX, and I am a bit concerned that short of scaling the anamorphic it will be all over the place with jumping frame sizes and hard for anyone to work with.
Any advice on this would be much appreciated as I seem to be running around in circles and am new to premiere.
Cheers
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You’re way over thinking this – it’s making my eyes water.
1. select all of your anamorphic footage. Right click, go to modify > interpret footage.
2. Under Pixel Aspect Ratio, select conform to, then select Anamorphic (2.0)
3. Create a 1920×1080 timeline. Know you’ll have to create a mask or fashion some way of showing the 2.39 letterboxs.
4. Edit footage normally. HD footage will lost top and bottom (production should have framed for this) while anamorphic footage will need to be right clicked and selected “scale to frame size” with some additional scaling in one direction or another. Welcome to the world of Pan and Scan. Your world is what you see in between those letter boxes, nothing more and nothing less. You’ll have to scale and crop to survive.
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