Joey Foreman
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If you’re rendering out to DV/NTSC it will look bad.
If you’re not going back to tape, render out in Animation Codec -
Just get the specs from the station that has agreed to take your work – and go from there.
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I think you need a JVC deck or the camera.
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Preferences > Import
Check Still Footage – Length of Composition
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Probably. I upgraded from Tiger.
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I’ll try to walk through the issue one more time.
File > Import > [DvCPro clip – 1280 x 720]
AE interprets it on import as 960 x 720, DVCPro HD 720 (1.33) p.a.r.
Drag the clip to the Make Comp icon.
The composition opens and has Composition Settings which – as you would expect – are identical to those in Interpret Footage. But the name given is Custom and the lock aspect ratio checkbox is set to 4:3
The pixel aspect ratio is still called DVCPro HD 720 (1.33)
but next to that it says Frame Aspect Ratio 16:9It displays squished. Kind of looks like an anamorphic squeeze. Because it’s actually 16 x 9 and AE is squeezing it into a 4:3 frame.
Turning on Pixel Aspect Correction doesn’t work. It stretches it too wide.
Changing the Pixel aspect ratio to Square displays it correctly, but the sides are cropped. Because it is still a 4:3 frame.
Therefore the only thing that works is to change the resolution back to 1280 x 720.
But unless the pixel aspect ratio is set to Square in the composition settings, the image will remain 4:3 when the frame goes to 16 x 9.
To sum up: the only way to have AE display this footage properly is to leave the Interpret Footage settings as they are on import – then drop the footage into a Comp that is set to 1280 x 720, Square Pixels.
I know it sounds crazy and I know that technically it makes no sense.
What’s more, when you render this out and import it into FCP,
even though it now has Square p.a.r. it displays normally. -
I concur on the Compressor going haywire after switching to Leopard. Had to do a full uninstall and reinstall of it and Motion. Seems okay now.
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That’s the thing. AE interprets it on import as 960 x 720, 1.33 p.a.r.
Quicktime sees it as 1280 X 720 Normal and 1280 x 720 Display.
But Lo and Behold FCP sees it as 960 x 720, but displays it correctly.
I’ve triple checked these numbers, and it’s always been a boggler to me since i started working with this format. -
I’m going to renege on this one and say that I was just wrong. I forgot that i’ve been working with some Uncompressed 4:2:2 AE Renders in FCP and they play fine. I’d just assumed they wouldn’t display – at least not in full motion – on an NTSC monitor, but I just tried it and it looks fine. And it’s 24P to boot. I guess FCP converts on the fly now which is wonderful.
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Okay, i’ll read up on it. I’m still confused as to why NTSC footage is displayed in the composition window with Pixel Aspect Correction off. If you turn it on it stretches the footage out.
Why is the case with NTSC but not DVCPro?