[Kyle Ronald]

Thought I’d post the answer to this in case anyone is experiencing this same problem in the future. You need to further adjust your settings in the “Layer Emitter” dropdown. Specifically you need to change “Layer Sampling” to “Particle Birth Time” and also change “Layer RGB Usage” to “RGB -XYZ Velocity”.

This will make the particles stay true to their life parameter when using the layer emitter in particular and prevent them from disappearing when sourcing a layer that is moving.

Hope this helps!

[Kyle Ronald]

Or……… Instead of a complicated answer that won’t get you anywhere…. Try this. Under the monitor window in AE is a set of small buttons. There is one button with a square and a double ended arrow over it which is called the “Pixel aspect ratio correction button”. Check this to correctly display 1.33, otherwise it just displays at 1:1 which gives the 4:3 screen.

Cheers