[Jonathan Curran]

cheers Michael, ill check out BitVice. Thanks for the help guys,

Jonathan

[Jonathan Curran]

Thanks Michael and Noah for your reply.

i’m currently using a adobe/pc setup so using prores as intermediate is not an option.

the two options that i whittle it down too… are

(A)render out from after effects the native hd dimensions and frame rate and use Adobe Media Encoder to down scale down and alter frame rate to conform to the dvd (pal) standard. As Media encoder has changed the way it down scales(i think to conform with bbc) it leaves black bars on either side of the frame; in order to proportionately scale the footage accurately. (the black bars may not be an issue on tv’s but i have to protect for projectors, so i’m not sure about this route. Plus, this method also distorts text noticeable more)

Michael, would bit vice have similar results? will it crop or squeeze?

(B) in After effects cs5, create a new composition with pal/wide(720×576) dimensions and drop my hd timeline into it, scale it fit horizontally, leaving about 3 pixels of information out on the top and bottom rather than squeezing it and distorting the image. then export that composition as a loss less codec that can be used to encode a mpeg2dvd.. and later be burned to disk..

thanks guys for your help….