Joey Foreman
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You’re right that these formats are non-square. The issue, though, is why AE incorrectly displays this footage by default when creating a new comp. DV NTSC is also non-square, yet requires no pixel aspect correction.
My understanding of pixel aspect correction is that it is used when creating round graphics in a square pixel comp so that they will display correctly when rendering to a non-square format – not so that AE will correctly display non-square footage in a non-square comp. -
In AE under Project Settings, check Match Legacy After Effects Quicktime Gamma Adjustments.
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Be sure the color of your font is not the same as the background color.
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Sounds like you’ll have to do morphing using Reshape. Very tedious and lots of keyframing.
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Watched it again and stand corrected.
How about dividing the graphic into a series of layers via masks. Make em 3d. Keyframe their inital position. Move these keyframes down the timeline. Proceed as from above, moving the layers individually back in Z and to the side. Maybe slide them up or over a bit in the middle to make a slight arc. Stagger the layers in time. Nice eases at the end and fade out.
Still don’t need a camera. -
Hmm. okay. I tested that and you’re right. What’s weird, though, is that this has only been an issue since AE 7.
AE 6.5 correctly interprets the footage on import as 1280 x 720, Square Pixels, and requires no correction
CS3 imports & interprets the same footage as 960 x 720, 1.33 p.a.r. and requires correction.
Why do you suppose that is? -
No pixel aspect creation. It just works. If the shot is going back to FCP, though, it will have to rendered nonsquare.
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Just that it’s going to have to be rendered to something else anyway. Unless you Animation as the sequence codec. But then you won’t won’t be able to preview on a monitor and it will drop frames all over the place.
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The blocks aren’t really even coming together – they’re just moving forward in z to about the same point and vanishing. No need to move the camera. No need to create a camera. Just toggle the block layers to 3d and animate their z position, starting with a negative value and going to positive. You’ll need to offset their initial x position as well.
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It’s safe now.