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DVC Pro HD frame size in AE?

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DVC Pro HD frame size in AE?
by Jordan Montreuil on Mar 21, 2008 at 11:19:41 pm

I have been working with some DVC Pro HD footage in Final Cut and I am working on my workflow from FCP to AE and back.

The problem I am getting is that my frame size is 1280x720 in the Quicktime movie and in FCP but when I import my footage into After Effects, it brings it in as 960x720. The footage is squashed horizontally and is in a standard format instead of a widescreen format.

I have tried re-interpreting the footage but nothing good has come out of it. I inspected the movie in QT and have taken a picture of the file information to show you.

http://www.jordanmontreuil.com/Files/Pictures/Picture%201.png

I created independent master clips that I am editing with, instead of the captures from the P2 files, and they exported out of FCP at 1280x720 instead of the 960x720. I thought this would change it but After Effects still reads the master clips at the old frame size.

What am I missing here? I hope someone can help me. Its nearly impossible to work with the footage in AE in its current state.

Thanks.



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Re: DVC Pro HD frame size in AE?
by steve Roberts on Mar 22, 2008 at 7:58:54 pm

Why don't you (in AE) interpret at 960x720, pixel aspect ratio of 1.33?



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Re: DVC Pro HD frame size in AE?
by Jordan Montreuil on Mar 23, 2008 at 4:57:32 pm

It is interpreted at 1.33

http://www.jordanmontreuil.com/Files/Pictures/Picture%202.png

It's still showing at standard screen format. It should be widescreen. Am I doing something wrong?



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Re: DVC Pro HD frame size in AE?
by Steve Roberts on Mar 23, 2008 at 7:44:56 pm

Click the pixel aspect ratio correction switch at the bottom of the comp window.



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Re: DVC Pro HD frame size in AE?
by Jordan Montreuil on Mar 23, 2008 at 8:54:12 pm

Thank you so much for your help. Its the little things that you realize you don't know that really stop the big things from going forward. I really appreciate your help.



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