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Weird black edges on DV footage
Often when I bring DV footage into AE I will get black edges on the left and the right — kinda like the edge of photographic negative. Is this there because of the camera used to shoot the footage? Will this show up in my final project?
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6 Replies
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Yes and Yes
Its called blanking
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if it is creating a problem for keying or repostioning/scaling the layer, try using a mask to ‘crop’ the footage prior to keying or manipulating the footage.
if the problem is that you will be displaying the final on the web or other medium where overscan will not be used, you can drop the final comp into a slightly smaller comp to crop the edges out (a 640×480 square pixel comp will often ‘crop’ out the edges nicely, and you would like the footage to be square pixel for display on most computer video players and monitors).
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Thanks and thanks. I’ll look into this more now that I know what it’s called.
Actually I have to use this footage in an SD comp for broadcast in a commercial. I guess I’m stuck using a graphic on the side and pushing everything over or just using these clips for inset stuff. I don’t want to scale this up, right?
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how extreme is the blanking… how far does it extend into the frame? unless it is halfway between the edge of the screen and the standard action safe line (roughly 15 pixels from the edge of the comp), i don’t think you have anything to worry about.
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
If your project is going to be viewed on an NTSC or PAL device then the black strips should be well out of action safe… If you’re producing for viewing on a computer then you should crop in slightly on the footage.
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
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Thanks!
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