[Angie373]

So there’s not really a way to preserve my quality some then and basically it all goes back down to whether he adjusts his workflow a little. Ug. I took one look at what his output did to my project and wanted to cry. Thing is he gets sharp video quality – its the effects and graphics that suffer of course. So it’s hard for someone to understand why they should adjust their workflow rather than there being a way for you to accommodate their routine. I’ll see what I can do. I’m an experienced designer and familiar with a lot of platforms but video is new to me so learning compression and how to preserve quality is the first and most important step for me. Thanks for the help.

[Angie373]

Thanks for the help. Sorry about the error in dimensions – that was just typo on my part. The thing is I have to work with my boss on this. He does his video work in premiere – in NTSC DV is 720×480. Which he then outputs in one shot to WMV 320 X 240 for the web. So from me – he wants it in NTSC DV 720 X 480 which HE will then import into his project and do the final WMV output. He’s not about to switch his workflow pattern unfortunately – So…. can i follow your steps above using the animation codec you suggested and give him that output and when he renders to a final WMV will the graphic quality be better still? Thx again for help.

[Angie373]

Awesome. Thanks again so so much. You just gave me back my sanity 🙂

[Angie373]

First – thank you so very much for your help. I was going crazy yesterday. He doesnt always provide accurate information. He definitely does import his video at 720 X 480(0.9) – so i believe you are 100% correct. He inisted on that PAR of 4:3 which was driving me nuts…

So then in AE CS3 the proper settins woudl be to use the preset NTSC DV which would give me:

720 X 480 locked aspect ratio 3:2
PAR – D1/DV NTSC (0.9) (frame aspect ratio) of 27:20
and an FPS of 29.97

Which he htne can output in premiere at 320 X 240 sq pixels.

That seem correct now to you? Geez this was driving me nuts – I had already even created one comp with the wrong specs to begin with! Thank you so so so so much for your help.

Did i say Thank u? 🙂

[Angie373]

Thanks for the help – i really do appreciate it. What is confusing me is that my boss needs me to deliver my comp to him though at 720 X 480, square pixels with a ratio of 4:3. He wants to insert my comp with some footage he has which is at 720 X 480 NTSC DV square pixels – and then will render for web at 320 X 240 square pixels.

So does that still mean though what i really want to do is set my comp at 720 X 540 square pixels? Sorry, I’m still alittle confused.