Tudor "ted" jelescu
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You should be able to use the PAL preset Adobe has set up in After Effects.In the workflow you described you start in step 1. with a wide screen SD PAL format (although Adobe uses 1050×576 instead of 1024×576) with square par then in step 2. you mention scaling down the comp in a 720×576 square par- if that is the case you are squeezing the widescreen frame in a 4:3 frame and then in step 3. you are stretching it again…?! it’s a weird workflow. Then the station format you mentioned in the beginning is 4:3… So do you need a widescreen or a 4:3 final product?
If you do all your work in AE using the PAL preset for 4:3 you should get exactly what you need.
For correct preview in AE click the Toggle Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction button at the bottom of the Composition panel.
More info here:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7f86a.htmlTudor “Ted” Jelescu
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I agree with Angelo – 4k from the start.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Precompose the footage and apply the corner pin to the precomp. Make sure you have Preserve Resolution When Nested checked in the Comp settings.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Red Giant Toon can be used to achieve this kind of look.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Apply data to a Null layer and then parent the precomp to the Null.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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I would do the clips one at the time- transcode- key- comp – render, then delete the large transcoded file, but that’s my preference. The final format does not have to be ProRes, but whatever works with your PC Premiere workflow. I use a lot of MPEG2 for example.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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You have 4:2:0 in the original- not great for chroma, so you do not want to loose any more color info. You will not get anything more from transcoding as far as the color info goes, but it will be faster to key in AE if you use an uncompressed format. In your situation I would convert to an uncompressed format, key, composite and render to ProRes and then import for edit.
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CS 5- yep that would be a codec issue – glad you solved it.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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CS6 has a good 3d tracker- for CS5 you can try Camera Tracker from The Foundry. Voodoo is a free option.
You see buildings and trees- should be enough info to get a decent camera solve.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Have you tried a 3d Camera track?
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist