Resizing compositions from SD to HD
by Steven Jones
on
Apr 29, 2008 at 6:03:42 pm
I am working on a project that has some animations that were previously created in a Standard Def format. We will be re-using these animations but will now be using a 1920 x 1080 HD format. The animations I am trying to use are vector animations. What is the best way to upconvert these compositions without losing the complex animations (null effects, scale and position transformations, etc.) Is there a simple way to do this?
Re: Resizing compositions from SD to HD by Dave LaRonde on Apr 29, 2008 at 6:37:17 pm
Well, aside from the fact that you've designed for 4x3 rather than 16x9....
...duplicate your SD comp, turn it into an HD comp, then make a new Master Null that will be used to scale everything up. Of course, all the existing nulls' parent-child relationships will still exist, so be careful when parenting to the new Master Null.
Once you've got it to the proper size, you can then see what you have to fix.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
Re: Resizing compositions from SD to HD by Darby Edelen on Apr 29, 2008 at 8:14:55 pm
The alternative would be to drop the SD comp into an HD comp, use Fit To Comp Height (or Width if you want a full 16:9 frame but this will cut the top and bottom of the 4:3 frame), and enable continuously rasterize/collapse transformations on the SD comp.
Unfortunately this doesn't quite work if there was a 3D camera in the SD comp, translating the coordinates of the camera from SD to HD can be a major pain.
Darby Edelen Lead Designer Left Coast Digital Santa Cruz, CA
