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What settings do I use in order to output to a 42″ Plasma
Hi,
I need to output a movie from AE 6.5 that has to be played on a 42″ plasma screen DVD format. Up until now I have only ever had to do 640×480 4:3 stuff. I’m a bit unsure as to what composition settings to use and what final output settings to use. Can I just work in
4:3 and then magic to 16:9???Any help would be most appreciated.
Many thanks
Placey -
3 Replies
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Hi,
If you work in a 4:3 composition and play it back on a widescreen monitor/tv it will either look stretched out horizontally or it will have black bars on the sides depending on the settings of the monitor. The best thing to do is set up a composition at 864X486 SQUARE pixels and do all of your designing. Then drop it into a 720X486 NON Square (0.9) and render to whatever codec you normally use. This is in effect making your animation “anamorphic widescreen”. This means it will look squished to your eye, but when it hits a 16:9 monitor it will look accurate.
Hope this helps you out
Matt -
Matthew,
Thanks for your help, I’ll give it a go.
Cheers
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Matthew,
Do I need to check the ‘lock Aspect Ratio to 16:9’ ???? in the settings box when creating the 864×486 composition?
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