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Widescreen Exporting
I want to export a project in 16:9 but all attempts have miserably failed.The video comes up in quicktime in 4:3 ratio. I am using the .Mov file type is this why?
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are you planning on playing back in quicktime on a copmuter? or are you playing out to tape/tv? are you PAL or NTSC?
If it is staying in the computer world make sure you are using square pixels. For PAL, 16×9 square pixels equates to 1024×576.
If you are playing out to TV and using non-square pixels make sure you have the correct composition settings for your format. Also, if you are rendering in non-square pixels and then play back the rendered video in quicktime it will looked squashed (right?)
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make sure you change the stretch footage settings…I use FCP, so composition in AE is rendered as 1920 x 1080, (you’ll have to put the numbers in manually). Then tick the checkbox “Lock 16:9 Aspect Ratio.”
It wasn’t immediately obvious to me either. If you render at 1440 x 1080, it’ll come out 4:3 as that’s a 4:3 PAR.
Let me know how you make out or if you need further help!
WB
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Exporting is more complicated than i thought then. Thanks for your help guys. I’ve changed the settings to 1024×576, i didnt see the square pixels box. I’m a little confused if thats going to be alright on DVD because thats where its going to be shown. Can i export the file using those settings then put the file into Imovie and burn to DVD?
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I’m pretty sure that would be fine, although I have never used iMovie. Hopefully iMovie will detect it as 16:9 square pixels and interpret it correctly. If not, you may need to try non-square pixels.
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yeh that works great, thanks
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